Slanted columns
The crossword clue "Slanted columns" is answered by OPEDS, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OPEDS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPEDS answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 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.
- EDITORIALS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for OPEDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPEDS, most used first.
- Newspaper essays - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Opinion pieces - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Pundits' pieces - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Opinion columns - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Newspaper opinion pieces - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Paper pieces - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Some newspaper essays - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Newspaper essays, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Slanted - ATILT, used 37 times
- Like some columns - IONIC, used 18 times
- Slanted edge - BEVEL, used 12 times
- Like some Greek columns - IONIC, used 8 times
- Like some columns - DORIC, used 7 times
- Like the Parthenon's columns - DORIC, used 6 times
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