Strong alkalis
The crossword clue "Strong alkalis" is answered by LYES, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 5 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1961. 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
- 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
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