Physically delicate
The crossword clue "Physically delicate" is answered by FRAIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FRAIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FRAIL answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FRAIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by FRAIL, most used first.
- Delicate - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Weak - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Easily broken - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Physically weak - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly hardy - 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.
- "A Delicate Balance" playwright - ALBEE, used 25 times
- Physically nimble - AGILE, used 21 times
- More delicate - FINER, used 19 times
- In good __ (physically fit) - SHAPE, used 14 times
- Delicate purple - MAUVE, used 9 times
- Delicate color variations - TINTS, used 8 times
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