Smooth, in phonetics.
The crossword clue "Smooth, in phonetics." is answered by LENE, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1953. 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
LENE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LENE answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LENE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LENE, most used first.
- Unaspirated - used 28 times, most recently in 1992
- Unaspirated consonant - used 12 times, most recently in 1995
- Singer Lovich - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- "Smooth Operator" singer - SADE, used 192 times
- Smooth-talking - GLIB, used 148 times
- Smooth - EVEN, used 82 times
- Smooth-tongued - GLIB, used 38 times
- Smooth out - EVEN, used 32 times
- Smooth (out) - IRON, used 18 times
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