Strong cotton thread
The crossword clue "Strong cotton thread" is answered by LISLE, a 5-letter entry. Used 27 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LISLE
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Used 27 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Fine cotton thread - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Thread - used 23 times, most recently in 1997
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
- Strong suit - FORTE, used 92 times
- Strong string - TWINE, used 79 times
- Strong point - FORTE, used 73 times
- Strong adhesive - EPOXY, used 69 times
- Strong winds - GALES, used 68 times
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