Film spool
The crossword clue "Film spool" is answered by REEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 78 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
REEL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REEL answer page.
Used 78 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- Stagger - used 200 times, most recently in 2026
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