Some bends

The answer

ELLS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELLS answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELLS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ELLS, most used first.

• Building wings - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Building additions - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
• Right-angle shapes - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Wings - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Right angles - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Building extensions - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Pipe bends - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• 90-degree shapes - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Letters after kays - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Building add-ons - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Building annexes - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Some annexes - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• House additions - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Pipe elbows - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Pipe joints - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Right-angle bends - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Annexes - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
• Architectural annexes - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Extensions - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Angled annexes - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Some wings - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• House wings. - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Plumbing joints - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Bracket shapes - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• House parts. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
• Right-angled bends - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Right-angled extensions - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Right-angle joints - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Certain wings - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Right-angled pipes - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Some pipe joints - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Architectural add-ons - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Conduit bends - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• House extensions - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Right-angle extensions - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Right-angled pipe joints - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Some bent pipes - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Some extensions - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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