"Loose ___ sink ships"
The crossword clue ""Loose ___ sink ships"" is answered by LIPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LIPS
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Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LIPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIPS, most used first.
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- Edges. - used 12 times, most recently in 1996
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- ChapStick targets - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Rims - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- "Read my __!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- They may be glossed over - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Cup brims - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Facial feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Facial features - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Mr. Potato Head piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Places for gloss - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- One of Columbus' ships - NINA, used 41 times
- Hang loose - LOLL, used 28 times
- Sink stopper - PLUG, used 24 times
- Sink or swim - VERB, used 20 times
- On the loose - FREE, used 18 times
- One of Columbus's ships - NINA, used 18 times
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