Frilly, as doilies
The crossword clue "Frilly, as doilies" is answered by LACY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LACY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LACY answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LACY
Every other clue in this collection answered by LACY, most used first.
- Like some lingerie - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Frilly - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a doily - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Gossamer - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Full of frills - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some negligees - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Like doilies - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Delicate - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Delicately patterned - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Like some petticoats - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Frilly fabric - LACE, used 31 times
- Frilly material - LACE, used 15 times
- Frilly trimming - LACE, used 14 times
- Doilies. - MATS, used 9 times
- Makes doilies - TATS, used 8 times
- Frilly trim - LACE, used 6 times
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