Skye writing

The answer

ERSE

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ERSE

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

• Gaelic - used 679 times, most recently in 2026
• Gaelic tongue - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Gaelic language - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Celtic language - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish Gaelic - used 61 times, most recently in 2016
• Highland tongue - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Scots Gaelic - used 52 times, most recently in 2022
• Irish Gaelic - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Celtic tongue - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Highlands tongue - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
• Celtic - used 21 times, most recently in 2003
• Irish. - used 21 times, most recently in 2010
• Old tongue - used 20 times, most recently in 2007
• Hebrides language - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Irish tongue - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• European language - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Hebrides tongue - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Highland Gaelic - used 15 times, most recently in 2007
• Gael's language - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Emerald Isle language - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Irish language - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Scottish tongue - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Limerick language - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Celtic dialect - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• European tongue - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Highlander's tongue - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Scot's language - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Ancient Irish language - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Gael's tongue - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Old Gaelic - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Old language - used 10 times, most recently in 1988
• Manx tongue - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Talk of the Gaelic - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Highland language - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Highlands language - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Manx relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Old World language - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Scot's tongue - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• It's heard in the Highlands - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Language that gave us "plaid" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Actress Skye - IONE, used 207 times
• Skye of "Say Anything" - IONE, used 51 times
• Secret writing - CODE, used 45 times
• "Put ___ writing" - ITIN, used 39 times
• Writing tablets - PADS, used 35 times
• Writing tools - PENS, used 24 times

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