Spools
The crossword clue "Spools" is answered by REELS, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1943. 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 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- 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
- Spins - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
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- 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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