Dry runs
The crossword clue "Dry runs" is answered by TESTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 28 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TESTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TESTS answer page.
Used 28 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 12 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.
- REHEARSALS (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for TESTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TESTS, most used first.
- Exams - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Tries out - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Lab work - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Assays - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Trials - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Experiments - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Battery components - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Runs in neutral - IDLES, used 72 times
- Dry Italian wine - SOAVE, used 31 times
- Runs into - MEETS, used 28 times
- Runs away - FLEES, used 27 times
- __ firma; dry land - TERRA, used 23 times
- Runs easily - LOPES, used 23 times
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