Rift
Crossword Clue & Answers

1 June 2021
Last seen in: USA Today

We found 19 answers for the crossword clue 'Rift', the most recent of which was seen in the USA Today.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Rift a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Rift as an answer itself some 107 times.

Rift is a single word clue made up of 4 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'USA Today' on Sunday, 30 May 2021 with the answer being SCHISM, but the most popular answer for this clue is RUPTURE.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• USA Today - 30 May 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 17 Nov 2020
• The Guardian Quick - 17 Nov 2020

Definitions and usage

Before we get to our crossword answers for 'Rift', take a look at the definitions and example uses below, sometimes these help you think of different words or phrases that are common to 'Rift' and give you a hint.

• A gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds"
• A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
• A narrow fissure in rock

Anagrams

We found 1 anagrams for the word 'Rift'.

• frit

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

GAP
An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

4 Letters

GULF
An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"

5 Letters

BREAK
An escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"

CHASM
A deep opening in the earth's surface

CHINK
A short light metallic sound

CRACK
The act of cracking something

SPLIT
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

6 Letters

BREACH
A failure to perform some promised act or obligation

DIVIDE
A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

SCHISM
Division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

7 Letters

CREVICE
A long narrow opening

FISSURE
A long narrow opening

RUPTURE
The act of making a sudden noisy break

8 Letters

CLEAVAGE
The act of cleaving or splitting

SQUABBLE
A quarrel about petty points

9 Letters

SEVERANCE
The act of severing

10 Letters

FALLINGOUT
A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

SEPARATION
Sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"

12 Letters

ESTRANGEMENT
The feeling of being alienated from other people