Lace place

The answer

EYELET

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EYELET answer page.

Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SHOE (12 uses in xd)
• ALENCON (2 uses in xd)
• CLUNY (1 uses in xd)
• WEDDINGGOWN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for EYELET

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

• Shoelace hole - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Grommet - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
• Hole for a shoelace - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Place for a lace - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Lace's place - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Small hole - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Hole for a lace - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Embroidered hole - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Peephole - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
• Shoelace holder - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Hole in your shoe - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Perfect place - UTOPIA, used 87 times
• Place - LOCALE, used 41 times
• Place side by side - APPOSE, used 32 times
• Portugal's place - IBERIA, used 30 times
• From that place - THENCE, used 29 times
• From what place - WHENCE, used 26 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.