The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TEAR which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Rend crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TEAR | 62 % | 4 |
| TEARAPART | 11 % | 9 |
| RIP | 7 % | 3 |
| RIVE | 4 % | 4 |
| SUNDER | 2 % | 6 |
| CLEAVE | 2 % | 6 |
| PULLAPART | 2 % | 9 |
| SPLIT | 2 % | 5 |
| RIPUP | 2 % | 5 |
| LACERATE | 2 % | 8 |
| TEARASUNDER | 2 % | 11 |
Why may TEAR be the right solution?
The word "rend" means to tear something apart forcefully, making "tear" the appropriate answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rend
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rive
- pull
- rip
- tear
- cleave
- wrest
- split
- compt
- flay
- lacerate
- tore
- assail
Crossword Answer definitions
TEAR noun- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- A rampage.
- To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- To injure as if by pulling apart.
- To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- (often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
- (of structures, with down) To demolish
- To become torn, especially accidentally.
- To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- To smash or enter something with great force.
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- To produce tears.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TEAR
- Eye drop
- Kind of gas
- Sorrowful drop
- Certain drop
- Eyedrop?
- Pull apart
- React to onion-slicing
- Rip apart
- Speed
- Dotted-line instruction
More clues leading to the result TEARAPART
- Split
- Rend
- Shred
- Rip to pieces, and a hint to what's hidden in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues
- Rip in two
- Really let have
- Forcefully separate
More clues leading to the result RIP
- Lacerate
- __-roaring
- Come apart
- Cut apart
- En-graved letters?
- __ off (steal)
- Run in a stocking, e.g.
- Final sentiment, initially
- Torn from Texas
- ___-roaring start?
More clues leading to the result RIVE
- Fracture
- Tear apart
- Break into pieces
- Split asunder
- Split or tear
- Cleave
- Split
- Tear
- Bank of France
- Bank of France?
More clues leading to the result SUNDER
More clues leading to the result CLEAVE
- Hack off
- Split
- Word that can be its own opposite
- Chop in two
- Stick
- Sever
- Word that can mean "attach" or "separate"
- Stick or split
- Remain faithful (to), or split
- Stick (to)
More clues leading to the result PULLAPART
More clues leading to the result SPLIT
- 7-10, for one
- Part company
- Depart
- Bowler's bane
- Alley challenge
- Share equally
- Ice cream order
- Undecided
- Ivanisevic's hometown
- Candlepins bummer
More clues leading to the result RIPUP
- Shred
- Make confetti of
- Manually shred
- Tear to shreds
- Make into confetti
- Tear to pieces
- Shred manually
- Turn into confetti
- Tear into pieces
- Shred into pieces