Smooth as silk
The crossword clue "Smooth as silk" is answered by SATINY, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. 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
SATINY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SATINY answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SATINY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SATINY, most used first.
- Lustrous - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Smooth and glossy - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Smooth - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Smooth and shiny - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Smooth transitions - SEGUES, used 19 times
- Smooth, in music - LEGATO, used 16 times
- Smooth, musically - LEGATO, used 13 times
- Made a smooth transition - SEGUED, used 8 times
- Made smooth - PLANED, used 8 times
- Silk fabric - PONGEE, used 8 times
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