Weaving frame

The answer

LOOM

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

Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 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.

• LOOA (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LOOM

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

• Weaving machine - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Impend - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Weaver's device - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Appear ominously - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Weaving device - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Weaver's apparatus - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Come into view - used 22 times, most recently in 2012
• Weaver's machine - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Appear imminent - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Weaver's contraption - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Hang over - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Weaver's tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Weaving apparatus - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Weaver's need - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Appear - used 10 times, most recently in 1995
• Appear menacingly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Textile machine - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Appear dramatically - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Appear on the horizon - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Hover ominously - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Come into sight. - used 7 times, most recently in 1981
• Take shape. - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• Weaver's frame - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Appear ahead - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Appear indistinctly - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Fruit of the ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruit of the ___ (underwear brand) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hang over one's head - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Machine for weaving - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Machine with a shuttle - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Frame of mind - MOOD, used 86 times
• Window frame - SASH, used 50 times
• Ship's frame - HULL, used 27 times
• Door frame part - JAMB, used 18 times
• Bed-frame crosspiece - SLAT, used 12 times
• Door-frame piece - JAMB, used 12 times

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