Thin and bony
The crossword clue "Thin and bony" is answered by GAUNT, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1966. 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
GAUNT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAUNT answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GAUNT
Every other clue in this collection answered by GAUNT, most used first.
- Haggard - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Scrawny - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Too thin - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Emaciated - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- All skin and bones - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
- On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
- Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
- "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times
- Thin pancake - CREPE, used 91 times
- Flora and fauna - BIOTA, used 81 times
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