Canine holders
The crossword clue "Canine holders" is answered by GUMS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GUMS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GUMS answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by GUMS, most used first.
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