Diaphanous
The crossword clue "Diaphanous" is answered by SHEER, a 5-letter entry. Used 36 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SHEER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHEER answer page.
Used 36 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 8 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.
- GAUZY (4 uses in xd)
- THIN (3 uses in xd)
- FILMY (1 uses in xd)
- GOSSAMER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHEER
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHEER, most used first.
- See-through - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
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