Pencil filler
The crossword clue "Pencil filler" is answered by LEAD, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LEAD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAD answer page.
Used 27 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. 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.
- GRAPHITE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for LEAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEAD, most used first.
- Starring role - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Show the way - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Blue-pencil - EDIT, used 151 times
- Hourglass filler - SAND, used 59 times
- Feeder filler - SEED, used 42 times
- Conversation filler - ISEE, used 32 times
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