Gather wool
The crossword clue "Gather wool" is answered by SHEAR, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SHEAR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHEAR answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHEAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHEAR, most used first.
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.
- Gather - AMASS, used 150 times
- Gather together - AMASS, used 83 times
- Wool source - LLAMA, used 43 times
- Gather bit by bit - GLEAN, used 28 times
- Gather over time - AMASS, used 27 times
- Gather up - AMASS, used 25 times
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