Slyly shy
The crossword clue "Slyly shy" is answered by COY, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for COY
Every other clue in this collection answered by COY, most used first.
- Coquettish - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Playfully shy - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Demure - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Playing hard to get - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Affectedly shy - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Evasive - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Flirtatiously shy - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Bashful - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Artfully shy - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Playfully noncommittal - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Flirtatious - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Kittenish - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Unforthcoming - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Affectedly modest - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Playfully evasive - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Be shy - OWE, used 35 times
- "___ So Shy" (Pointer Sisters hit) - HES, used 12 times
- "___ So Shy" - HES, used 10 times
- The Pointer Sisters' "___ So Shy" - HES, used 10 times
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