Strand unit

The answer

PEARL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEARL answer page.

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PEARL

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

• Gem from an oyster - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• June birthstone - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of wisdom - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Oyster's prize - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Cultured gem - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Oyster product - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Oyster's gem - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer Bailey - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Oyster gem - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Shade of gray - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• 30th anniversary gift - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Bailey or Buck - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Oyster find - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Necklace gem - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Buck or Bailey - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Gem in an oyster - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hester Prynne's daughter - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• It may be cultured - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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.

• Asparagus unit - SPEAR, used 125 times
• Jeweler's unit - CARAT, used 62 times
• Stock unit - SHARE, used 56 times
• Mall unit - STORE, used 53 times
• Scout unit - TROOP, used 52 times
• Unit of capacitance - FARAD, used 49 times

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