Wire measurement

The answer

MIL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MIL answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 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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• MILS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MIL

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

• Wire measure - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cool" amount - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• .001 inch - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• "Cool" amount of money - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• 1,000 G's - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• $1,000,000, for short - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• A thousand thou - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• 1/1000 inch - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Thickness measure - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Thou squared - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Thousandth of an inch - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• A thou thou - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cool" amount of cash - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• .001 inches - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• .001 of an inch - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Coin of Israel. - used 8 times, most recently in 1962
• "Cool" sum - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• One thousandth of an inch - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Unit of length - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• A thousand grand - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Bag thickness - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "Thanks a ___!" - used 6 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.

• Wire service inits. - UPI, used 26 times
• Wire service letters - UPI, used 15 times
• Wire service initials - UPI, used 12 times
• Resistance measurement - OHM, used 9 times
• "The Wire" network - HBO, used 8 times
• "Bird __ Wire" - ONA, used 7 times

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