Diminishes
The crossword clue "Diminishes" is answered by WANES, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WANES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WANES answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WANES
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- Declines - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Ebbs - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Subsides - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Decreases - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Decreases in strength - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Drops off - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Tapers off - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Dwindles - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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