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SILL

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 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.

• PANE (20 uses in xd)
• SASH (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for SILL

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

• Window ledge - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
• Window part - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Threshold - used 49 times, most recently in 2013
• Ledge - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Place for a cooling pie - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Window base - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Flowerpot spot - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Window feature - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Pie-cooling place - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Pie-cooling spot - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Horizontal timber - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Place for a plant - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Housecat's perch - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Houseplant spot - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Part of Q.E.D. - ERAT, used 477 times
• Part of A.D. - ANNO, used 301 times
• Part of QED - ERAT, used 274 times
• Molecule part - ATOM, used 269 times
• Eye part - IRIS, used 242 times
• Hammer part - PEEN, used 208 times

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