The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word REND , but the solution may also be RIPOPEN which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Tear apart crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REND | 67 % | 4 |
| RIVE | 24 % | 4 |
| RIP | 4 % | 3 |
| REAVE | 1 % | 5 |
| RIPOPEN | 1 % | 7 |
| RENDER | 0 % | 6 |
| TRASH | 0 % | 5 |
| LACERATE | 0 % | 8 |
| AVULSE | 0 % | 6 |
| RIPUP | 0 % | 5 |
Why may RIPOPEN be the right solution?
"Rip" means to tear apart, and "open" is a synonym for apart. Therefore, "rip open" means to tear apart.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tear apart
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- trash
- pan
- tear up
- pull apart
- tear
- tear off
- tear out
- tear to pieces
- tear away
- tear along
- tear down
- tear into
Crossword Answer definitions
REND noun- A violent separation of parts.
- To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
- To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
- To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
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 REND
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 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 REAVE
- Plunder, archaically
- Plunder, old style
- Split apart, old-style
- Tear apart
- Plunder
- "My two troubles they __ me of rest" (Housman)
- Break apart, of old
- Plunder, old-style
- Carry off as booty.
- Plunder, tear away: Archaic.
More clues leading to the result RIPOPEN
- Unwrap eagerly
- Tear apart
- Eagerly unwrap
- Unwrap aggressively
- Unwrap in a hurry
- Unwrap with gusto
- Unwrap indelicately
- Unwrap roughly
- Attack impatiently
- Quickly undo
More clues leading to the result RENDER
- Make payment of
- Melt fat
- Melt down
- "__ unto Caesar..."
- Provide
- Hand down, as a verdict
- Provide, as a service
- "___ unto Caesar..."
- Make available
- Deliver
More clues leading to the result TRASH
- Dumpster filler
- Badmouth
- Odds and ends
- Ransack, slangily
- Refuse
- Rightmost item on a dock, often
- Treat shoddily, as a hotel room
- Valueless stuff you can make a living collecting
- Vandalize
- Junk