Whole alternative
The crossword clue "Whole alternative" is answered by SKIM, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SKIM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SKIM answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. 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.
- ONEPERCENT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SKIM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SKIM, most used first.
- Read quickly - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Milk choice - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Glance over - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Take off the top - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of milk - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Take from the top - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Nonfat milk - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Milk option - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Fat-free milk - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Glide. - used 11 times, most recently in 1968
- Type of milk - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Read superficially - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- __ milk - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Milk type - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Nonfat - 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.
- Whole bunch - SLEW, used 168 times
- Taxi alternative - UBER, used 81 times
- Whole lot - SLEW, used 77 times
- Foil alternative - EPEE, used 68 times
- Butter alternative - OLEO, used 65 times
- Slurpee alternative - ICEE, used 61 times
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