Put in stitches

The answer

SEWN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEWN answer page.

Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.

• SEW (137 uses in xd)
• SEWED (27 uses in xd)
• SUTURE (10 uses in xd)
• DARN (9 uses in xd)
• KNIT (8 uses in xd)

Other clues for SEWN

Every other clue in this collection answered by SEWN, most used first.

• Stitched - used 169 times, most recently in 2026
• In stitches - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Stitched up - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Stitched together - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Darned - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Basted - used 18 times, most recently in 2007
• Tailor-made - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Embroidered - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Hemmed. - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
• Basted, maybe - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Hanging on by a thread? - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Wrapped (up) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Put away - STOW, used 205 times
• Stitches - SEWS, used 107 times
• Put on the payroll - HIRE, used 105 times
• Put out - EMIT, used 103 times
• "Put ___ on it!" - ALID, used 95 times
• Put down - LAID, used 78 times

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