Fishing line spool

The answer

REEL

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for REEL

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

• Stagger - used 200 times, most recently in 2026
• Film spool - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Lively dance - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Fishing line holder - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Fishing rod attachment - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Dance. - used 57 times, most recently in 1980
• Rod's partner - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Film unit - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
• Film holder - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• Spool - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Lively folk dance - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Virginia ___ - used 28 times, most recently in 2019
• Walk unsteadily - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Rod attachment - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• Casting need - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• It holds the line - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Casting requirement? - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Virginia dance - used 24 times, most recently in 2009
• Rod's companion - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Become dizzy - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Rod and __; fishing gear - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• React to a haymaker - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Whirl - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
• Line holder - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Country dance - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Fishing gear - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Bobbin - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Barn dance - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Irish dance - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Lurch - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Projectionist's unit - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Spin - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Virginia's dance? - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Angler's need - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Blooper ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Film segment - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Fishing spool - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Rod and ___ (fishing equipment) - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Totter - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Feel dizzy - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• React to a one-two - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Walk like a tosspot - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Garden hose holder - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Highland dance - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Scottish dance - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Barn dance dance - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Fiddler's tune - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Fishing device - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Hose holder - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of an angler's gear - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Rod and ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Section of film. - used 8 times, most recently in 1977
• Bit of fishing gear - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fishing rod spool - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Movie unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• React to a punch - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Rod's fishing partner - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Angler's gear - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Audiotape holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Film vault holding - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Film winds up on it - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Fishing rod's spool - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Instagram video clip - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Movie-film holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Movie holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Rod partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Spool for fishing line - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sway - used 6 times, most recently in 2005

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.

• Top-of-the-line - AONE, used 137 times
• Toe the line - OBEY, used 116 times
• Picket line crosser - SCAB, used 103 times
• Story line - PLOT, used 89 times
• Fishing poles - RODS, used 82 times
• Graph line - AXIS, used 82 times

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