Unit of wound thread
The crossword clue "Unit of wound thread" is answered by SKEIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SKEIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SKEIN answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SKEIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SKEIN, most used first.
- Coil of yarn - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Yarn unit - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Yarn purchase - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Ball of yarn - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Yarn quantity - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Quantity of yarn - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Yarn buy - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Yarn coil - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Flock of geese in flight - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Yarn bundle - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Flock of geese - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Length of yarn - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Tangle - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Asparagus unit - SPEAR, used 125 times
- Thread holder - SPOOL, used 125 times
- Cotton thread - LISLE, used 75 times
- Jeweler's unit - CARAT, used 62 times
- Wound up - TENSE, used 57 times
- Stock unit - SHARE, used 56 times
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