Goose eggs

The answer

NILS

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1984. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ZEROS (33 uses in xd)
• OOO (19 uses in xd)
• ZEROES (6 uses in xd)
• OOOO (5 uses in xd)
• NAUGHTS (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for NILS

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

• Guitarist Lofgren - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Lofgren of the E Street Band - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• E Street Band guitarist Lofgren - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Norse name. - used 13 times, most recently in 1967
• Rock guitarist Lofgren - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Rocker Lofgren - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Rock's Lofgren - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Zeroes - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Actor Asther - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• Musician Lofgren - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Hawaiian goose - NENE, used 203 times
• Goose egg - ZERO, used 89 times
• Some nest eggs - IRAS, used 58 times
• Like Easter eggs - DYED, used 43 times
• Nest eggs, briefly - IRAS, used 32 times
• Some nest eggs, for short - IRAS, used 25 times

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