Anagram for "nail"
The crossword clue "Anagram for "nail"" is answered by LAIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAIN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAIN, most used first.
- Reclined - used 181 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretched out - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Rested - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Reposed - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Homophone for "lane" - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- Been in bed - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Rested (on) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Form of "lie" - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Past participle of "lie" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Placed - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Placed down - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Nail anagram - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- (Had) reclined - 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.
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- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
- Look for - SEEK, used 172 times
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