Thin
The crossword clue "Thin" is answered by LEAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 29 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LEAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAN answer page.
Used 29 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 9 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.
- SLENDER (16 uses in xd)
Other clues for LEAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEAN, most used first.
- Low in fat - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Tilt - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Spare - used 80 times, most recently in 2020
- Low-fat - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Slender - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
- Incline - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Tilt to one side - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Not fatty - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- "The Thin Man" dog - ASTA, used 105 times
- Thin nail - BRAD, used 68 times
- Thin cut - SLIT, used 58 times
- Thin coin - DIME, used 57 times
- "The Thin Man" pooch - ASTA, used 56 times
- Thin board - SLAT, used 55 times
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