Caustic compounds
The crossword clue "Caustic compounds" is answered by LYES, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LYES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LYES answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 10 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.
- CORROSIVES (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Caustic agents - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- 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.
- Caustic - TART, used 20 times
- Caustic stuff - ACID, used 9 times
- Caustic remark - BARB, used 8 times
- Caustic - ACID, used 7 times
- Caustic comment - BARB, used 6 times
- Pharmacists' compounds - SALS, used 6 times
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