Soap ingredient
The crossword clue "Soap ingredient" is answered by LYE, a 3-letter entry. Used 68 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LYE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LYE answer page.
Used 68 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 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.
- POTASH (16 uses in xd)
- OLEATE (8 uses in xd)
- TALLOW (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for LYE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LYE, most used first.
- Caustic solution - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic chemical - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic cleaner - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic stuff - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
- Caustic substance - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic - used 35 times, most recently in 2001
- Strong cleaner - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic soda - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Drano ingredient - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Varnish ingredient - LAC, used 132 times
- Martini ingredient - GIN, used 86 times
- Salad dressing ingredient - OIL, used 52 times
- Soap unit - BAR, used 47 times
- Omelet ingredient - EGG, used 45 times
- Quiche ingredient - EGG, used 42 times
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