Die down

The answer

ABATE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABATE answer page.

Used 82 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• EBB (15 uses in xd)
• WANE (10 uses in xd)
• SUBSIDE (4 uses in xd)
• FADEOUT (1 uses in xd)
• LETUP (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ABATE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ABATE, most used first.

• Lessen - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
• Let up - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
• Diminish - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Subside - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Ease up - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Taper off - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Decrease - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
• Slacken - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
• Ease off - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Slack off - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• Fall off - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Wane - used 23 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
• Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
• Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
• Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
• Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times
• Down source - EIDER, used 62 times

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