Speck
The crossword clue "Speck" is answered by IOTA, a 4-letter entry. Used 93 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IOTA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IOTA answer page.
Used 93 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 17 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.
- PARTICLE (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for IOTA
Every other clue in this collection answered by IOTA, most used first.
- Tiny bit - used 286 times, most recently in 2026
- Smidgen - used 256 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny amount - used 167 times, most recently in 2026
- Jot - used 154 times, most recently in 2023
- Greek letter - used 140 times, most recently in 2025
- Greek vowel - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Scintilla - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Tittle - used 107 times, most recently in 2018
- Teeny bit - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Bit - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Wee bit - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Little bit - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Whit - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
- Minuscule amount - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek I - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Small amount - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Very small amount - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Itty-bitty bit - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiniest bit - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Minute amount - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Letter after theta - used 39 times, most recently in 2023
- Letter before kappa - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Slightest trace - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Teensy bit - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Infinitesimal amount - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Ninth Greek letter - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Smidge - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Slightest amount - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Minimal amount - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Modicum - used 23 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.
- Speck - MOTE, used 151 times
- Speck of dust - MOTE, used 76 times
- Speck - ATOM, used 39 times
- Dust speck - MOTE, used 34 times
- Speck of land in the sea - ISLE, used 22 times
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