Jib or spanker
The crossword clue "Jib or spanker" is answered by SAIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2004. 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
SAIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAIL answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SAIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAIL, most used first.
- Go yachting - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Leave port - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Go to sea - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Travel by boat - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Breeze (through) - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Spinnaker, e.g. - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Shove off - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Jib or spinnaker - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Spinnaker - used 16 times, most recently in 2004
- Spanker. - used 15 times, most recently in 1992
- Spanker, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Take a cruise - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Cruise - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Spinnaker or jib - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Compete in a regatta - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Crossjack, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Jib, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Take to the seas - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Travel by ship - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Wind catcher - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Harness the wind - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Jib. - used 9 times, most recently in 1997
- Jib, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Mast attachment - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Enter the regatta - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Flying jib. - used 8 times, most recently in 1978
- Lateen, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Catamaran feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch the wind - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Compete for the America's Cup - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Go by boat - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Put to sea - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Ship out - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Flying jib, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Mayflower mover - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Proceed easily (through) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Spinnaker, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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- Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
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- Withered - SERE, used 400 times
- Location - SITE, used 390 times
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