Fleece
The crossword clue "Fleece" is answered by ROOK, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROOK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROOK answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ROOK
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROOK, most used first.
- Chess piece - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Corner piece - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Castle - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Corner chess piece - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Swindle - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
- Chess castle - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Knight's neighbor - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Castle, in chess - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Piece next to a knight - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Hornswoggle - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Castling piece - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Castle-shaped chess piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Chess corner piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Cheat - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Fischer's castle - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Chessboard castle - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Man in the corner - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Golden Fleece ship - ARGO, used 97 times
- Fleece-lined boots - UGGS, used 21 times
- Golden Fleece carrier - ARGO, used 15 times
- Golden Fleece vessel - ARGO, used 15 times
- Bearer of the Golden Fleece - ARGO, used 13 times
- Fleece - SKIN, used 12 times
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