Fencing swords
The crossword clue "Fencing swords" is answered by FOILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FOILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FOILS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FOILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by FOILS, most used first.
- Thwarts - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Fencing swords - EPEES, used 143 times
- Fencing move - LUNGE, used 61 times
- Fencing blades - EPEES, used 42 times
- Fencing sword - SABER, used 33 times
- Fencing weapons - EPEES, used 33 times
- Swords. - EPEES, used 23 times
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