Flows back
The crossword clue "Flows back" is answered by EBBS, a 4-letter entry. Used 97 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EBBS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EBBS answer page.
Used 97 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for EBBS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EBBS, most used first.
- Recedes - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
- Wanes - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Declines - used 74 times, most recently in 2021
- Diminishes - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Subsides - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Falls back - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Recedes, as the tide - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Abates - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Dwindles - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Fades away - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
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