Synthetic fiber
The crossword clue "Synthetic fiber" is answered by NYLON, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NYLON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NYLON answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NYLON
Every other clue in this collection answered by NYLON, most used first.
- Hose material - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Parachute material - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Stocking material - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Hosiery material - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Stocking stuff - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Parachute fabric - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Backpack material - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Synthetic fabric - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Chute material - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Windbreaker fabric - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Dental floss material - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Fishing line material - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Synthetic material - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Rope fiber - SISAL, used 85 times
- Acrylic fiber - ORLON, used 75 times
- Synthetic fabric - ORLON, used 65 times
- Synthetic fiber - ORLON, used 65 times
- Fiber-___ cable - OPTIC, used 59 times
- Twine fiber - SISAL, used 46 times
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