Lean
The crossword clue "Lean" is answered by LANK, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LANK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LANK answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LANK
Every other clue in this collection answered by LANK, most used first.
- Long and lean - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
- Tall and thin - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Gaunt - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Slender - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Long and slender. - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Thin - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Tall and skinny - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Rangy - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Lean-to - SHED, used 83 times
- Lean (on) - RELY, used 56 times
- Lean to one side - TILT, used 48 times
- Lean - TILT, used 44 times
- Lean and sinewy - WIRY, used 32 times
- Lean slightly - TILT, used 22 times
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