The Clue
Splits (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RIPS
Tags
Notes
The answer RIPS is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.
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Criticizes hard
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Laces (into)
Lights (into)
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Rushes headlong
Saws with the grain
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Criticizes in no uncertain terms
They may be put in stitches
Definition
RIP as a noun:
1. (rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue) = a dissolute man in fashionable society
2. (rip, rent, snag, split, tear) = an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
3. (rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent) = a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
4. (rent, rip, split) = the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
RIP as a verb:
1. (rend, rip, rive, pull) = tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
2. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
3. cut (wood) along the grain
4. criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"