Ersatz silk
The crossword clue "Ersatz silk" is answered by RAYON, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RAYON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAYON answer page.
Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1947. 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.
- SATINE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RAYON
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAYON, most used first.
- Synthetic fabric - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Synthetic fiber - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Silk substitute - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Cellulose fiber - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Silky synthetic - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Synthetic silk - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Fabric - used 7 times, most recently in 1974
- Silky fabric - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Synthetic silklike fabric - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Watered silk - MOIRE, used 52 times
- Ersatz chocolate - CAROB, used 40 times
- Silk fabric - MOIRE, used 17 times
- Silk with a wavy pattern - MOIRE, used 13 times
- Silk voile. - NINON, used 10 times
- Ersatz fat brand - OLEAN, used 9 times
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