Spins
The crossword clue "Spins" is answered by REELS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REELS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REELS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 3 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.
- TWIRLS (5 uses in xd)
- GYRATES (2 uses in xd)
- WHIRLS (2 uses in xd)
- BIRLS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for REELS
Every other clue in this collection answered by REELS, most used first.
- Staggers - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Film spools - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Lively dances - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
- Film holders - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Fishing line holders - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Film units - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Dances. - used 19 times, most recently in 1996
- Movie units - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
- Virginia dances - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Country dances - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Movie spools - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Spools - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
- Fishing gear - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Reacts to a punch - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Holders of many frames - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Rods' partners - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Studio stock - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bobbins - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Fishing spools - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Is knocked for a loop - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Reacts to a haymaker - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Scottish dances - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Kidney-related - RENAL, used 275 times
- Happen again - RECUR, used 182 times
- Kingdom - REALM, used 179 times
- Brings up - REARS, used 173 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
- Washer cycle - RINSE, used 165 times
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