K, in the NATO alphabet

The answer

KILO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KILO answer page.

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for KILO

Every other clue in this collection answered by KILO, most used first.

• Metric weight - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
• Metric weight, for short - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Narc's measure - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• About 2.2 pounds - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Metric measure - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Metric prefix - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Metric mass - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Drug bust unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• 1,000 grams - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Metric unit, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Start to byte - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Metric unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Metric weight, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Narc's unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Two pounds, plus - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Unit of weight, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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 to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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