Winds
The crossword clue "Winds" is answered by COILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COILS answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for COILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by COILS, most used first.
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Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Strong winds - GALES, used 68 times
- High winds - GALES, used 19 times
- High winds - OBOES, used 14 times
- Strong winds - GUSTS, used 13 times
- Some winds - OBOES, used 12 times
- Orchestral winds - OBOES, used 11 times
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