Nickname of a Chopin prelude

The answer to “Nickname of a Chopin prelude” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is RAINDROP — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on September 4, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 26-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Nickname of a Chopin prelude” answer

RAINDROP (8 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is RAINDROP.

What does RAINDROP mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of RAINDROP is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Nickname of a Chopin prelude” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 4, 2026 (most recent) → RAINDROP. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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