Bell or whistle
The crossword clue "Bell or whistle" is answered by FRILL, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FRILL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FRILL answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FRILL
Every other clue in this collection answered by FRILL, most used first.
- Ruffle - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Unnecessary extra - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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 Bell for ___" - ADANO, used 77 times
- Hersey's bell town - ADANO, used 73 times
- Bell town - ADANO, used 36 times
- Hersey's "A Bell for ___" - ADANO, used 28 times
- "The Bell Jar" author - PLATH, used 23 times
- Bell sound - KNELL, used 19 times
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