Cotton swabs
The crossword clue "Cotton swabs" is answered by QTIPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. 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
QTIPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the QTIPS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for QTIPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by QTIPS, most used first.
- Wax collectors - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Cotton thread - LISLE, used 75 times
- Strong cotton thread - LISLE, used 27 times
- Fine cotton thread - LISLE, used 25 times
- "Cotton Comes to Harlem" director Davis - OSSIE, used 10 times
- Cotton bundles - BALES, used 8 times
- Cotton sheets - BATTS, used 8 times
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