Soapmaking ingredient
The crossword clue "Soapmaking ingredient" is answered by LYE, a 3-letter entry. Used 19 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LYE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LYE answer page.
Used 19 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- Soap ingredient - 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
- Sodium hydroxide - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Caustic compound - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Strong alkali - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Alkaline solution - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Drain cleaner ingredient - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Oven cleaner ingredient - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Lixivium - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
- Pipe cleaner - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Soap-making ingredient - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Drain-clearing chemical - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Heavy-duty cleanser - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Soap-making chemical - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Caustic potash - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
- Drain-cleaning chemical - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Soap component - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Bleaching agent - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Strong cleanser - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Caustic cleaning chemical - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- NaOH - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Old soap ingredient - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Soap-making compound - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Soap-making need - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Caustic agent - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Caustic alkali - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Caustic cleanser - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Chemical in Drano - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Cleaning agent - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Corrosive substance - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Drain cleaner - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Drain cleaner chemical - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Potash - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Soapmaker's need - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Soapmaker's solution - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Strong drain cleaner - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Corrosive cleaner - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Strong alkaline solution - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Drain opener - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Potassium hydroxide - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Soap chemical - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Alkaline liquid - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Bleaching solution - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Caustic liquid - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Caustic soapmaking compound - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Chemical in drain cleaners - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Hydroxide solution - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Potassium hydroxide, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Potassium hydroxide solution - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Soap-making stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Soap stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Soapmaker's supply - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Soapmaking stuff - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sodium hydroxide, familiarly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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