Rims

The answer

LIPS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIPS answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 6 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.

• EDGES (56 uses in xd)
• OUTEREDGES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LIPS

Every other clue in this collection answered by LIPS, most used first.

• Kissers - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• "My __ are sealed!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Gloss targets - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Edges. - used 12 times, most recently in 1996
• Kissing pair - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• ChapStick targets - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Loose ___ sink ships" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Stead - LIEU, used 445 times
• Secular - LAIC, used 392 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• "___ we forget" - LEST, used 354 times
• Minus - LESS, used 321 times

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