Soft
The crossword clue "Soft" is answered by LENIENT, a 7-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1968. 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
LENIENT
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LENIENT answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1968. 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 LENIENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by LENIENT, most used first.
- Merciful. - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
- Permissive - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Not strict - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Easy - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Indulgent - used 8 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.
- Soft-shell clam - STEAMER, used 32 times
- Soft drink - SODAPOP, used 15 times
- Not too soft, as pasta - ALDENTE, used 7 times
- Soft felt hats - FEDORAS, used 6 times
- Soft leather - CHAMOIS, used 6 times
- Soft shoe? - SNEAKER, used 6 times
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