Silk substitute
The crossword clue "Silk substitute" is answered by RAYON, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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
RAYON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAYON answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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 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
- Cellulose fiber - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Silky synthetic - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Ersatz silk - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- 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.
- Chocolate substitute - CAROB, used 141 times
- Watered silk - MOIRE, used 52 times
- Money substitute - SCRIP, used 31 times
- Soap substitute - AMOLE, used 31 times
- Silk fabric - MOIRE, used 17 times
- Substitute - PROXY, used 17 times
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