Fine thread
The crossword clue "Fine thread" is answered by LISLE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LISLE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LISLE answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 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.
- FILAMENT (2 uses in xd)
- FILUM (1 uses in xd)
- SLEAVE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LISLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LISLE, most used first.
- Cotton thread - used 75 times, most recently in 2025
- Hosiery thread - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Strong cotton thread - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Fine cotton thread - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Thread - used 23 times, most recently in 1997
- Stocking material - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Hosiery material - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Kind of thread. - used 10 times, most recently in 1990
- Strong thread - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Twisted thread - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Tightly twisted thread - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Cotton fabric - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Durable cotton thread - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Hard-twisted cotton thread - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Hosiery fabric - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Extra-strong cotton thread - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Glove fabric - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Smooth cotton fabric - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Tightly twisted cotton thread - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Thread holder - SPOOL, used 125 times
- Fine-tune - TWEAK, used 54 times
- Fine fiddle - AMATI, used 41 times
- Fine sprays - MISTS, used 40 times
- Fine dinnerware - CHINA, used 28 times
- Fine fiddle - STRAD, used 27 times
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