Bay
The crossword clue "Bay" is answered by INLET, a 5-letter entry. Used 42 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
INLET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INLET answer page.
Used 42 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HOWL (13 uses in xd)
- BIGHT (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for INLET
Every other clue in this collection answered by INLET, most used first.
- Cove - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Small bay - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Arm of the sea - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Creek - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Estuary - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Narrow waterway - used 27 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.
- Bay window - ORIEL, used 254 times
- Bay of Naples isle - CAPRI, used 28 times
- Biscayne Bay city - MIAMI, used 25 times
- Bay State sch. - UMASS, used 23 times
- Large bay window - ORIEL, used 22 times
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