Thing on a string
The crossword clue "Thing on a string" is answered by KITE, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
KITE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KITE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 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.
- PUPPET (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for KITE
Every other clue in this collection answered by KITE, most used first.
- Toy with a tail - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Flying toy - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Windy day toy - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- High-flying toy - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Toy on a string - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- High flier - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
- Bird of prey - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Flying toy with a tail - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Bird. - used 10 times, most recently in 1971
- Toy with a string - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Beach toy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Franklin's flier - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Toy for a windy day - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Small hawk - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Tailed flier - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- It comes with strings attached - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Beach toy for a windy day - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- "Go fly a ___!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- High flyer - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Thing - ITEM, used 153 times
- Person, place or thing - NOUN, used 111 times
- "And another thing ..." - ALSO, used 97 times
- Toy on a string - YOYO, used 73 times
- "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria - SALS, used 71 times
- Forbidden thing - NONO, used 69 times
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