Caustic agents

The answer

LYES

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LYES

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

• Caustic cleaners - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Caustic solutions - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Caustic substances - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Caustic chemicals - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Soap ingredients - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Caustics - used 14 times, most recently in 1996
• Caustic compounds - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Strong cleaners - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Alkaline solutions - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
• Caustic alkalis - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Caustic cleansers - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Cleaning solutions - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Soapmaking substances - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cleaning cabinet supplies - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Soapmaking compounds - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Strong alkalis - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Govt. agents - TMEN, used 40 times
• Coloring agents - DYES, used 35 times
• Agents, for short - REPS, used 30 times
• Sales agents, for short - REPS, used 30 times
• Fed. agents - TMEN, used 29 times
• Govt. agents - FEDS, used 28 times

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