Bassoon bit

The answer

REED

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REED answer page.

Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for REED

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

• Marsh plant - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Oboe insert - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Clarinet insert - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Marsh growth - used 52 times, most recently in 2024
• Clarinet part - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Film critic Rex - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Marsh grass - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Swamp thing - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Clarinetist's need - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Swamp stalk - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Oboe part - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Marsh stalk - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Cattail - used 24 times, most recently in 2015
• Oboist's need - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Rex or Donna - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Bassoon part - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Oboist's purchase - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Woodwind part - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Oboe, for one - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Sax object - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Stalk by the river - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Bit of thatching - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Clarinet accessory - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Hollow stem - used 14 times, most recently in 2005
• Oboe or bassoon - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Saxophonist's need - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Cattail, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Oboe accessory - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Oboe, e.g. - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Oboe or clarinet - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Clarinet, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Epitome of thinness - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Stalk in a swamp - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Wetlands plant - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bassoon, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Bassoonist's buy - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Clarinet need - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Donna or Rex - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Grass. - used 11 times, most recently in 1969
• Kind of organ - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Tall grass - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Clarinet player's need - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Pond plant - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Supreme Court Justice. - used 10 times, most recently in 1964
• Clarinet or oboe - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Critic Rex - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Oboe - used 9 times, most recently in 1997
• Swamp growth - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Woodwind - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Actress Donna - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Lou of the Velvet Underground - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Rush - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Wetland plant - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Wind instrument - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Clarinet, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Clarinet piece - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• English horn, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• English horn, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Harmonica part - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Sax part - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Saxophone, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Saxophone insert - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Swamp plant - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Symbol of slimness - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Woodwind insert - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bamboo, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Bassoon insert - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Bassoonist's purchase - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Clarinet or sax - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Clarinetist's buy - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Fen growth - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Oboist's buy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of a clarinet - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Riverside plant - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Sax player's buy - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Sax player's purchase - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Stalk - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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• Open a bit - AJAR, used 84 times
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• Little bit - IOTA, used 76 times

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