Forward sail
The crossword clue "Forward sail" is answered by JIB, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
JIB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JIB answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for JIB
Every other clue in this collection answered by JIB, most used first.
- Triangular sail - used 130 times, most recently in 2025
- "I like the cut of your ___!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Ship's sail - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Crane arm - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Sail - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- "Sail __, Ship of State" - ONO, used 38 times
- "Spring forward" letters - DST, used 35 times
- Great Leap Forward leader - MAO, used 22 times
- Far from forward - SHY, used 20 times
- "Spring forward, fall back" letters - DST, used 12 times
- "Spring forward" hrs. - DST, used 11 times
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