Smooth

The answer

SLEEK

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLEEK answer page.

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 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.

• EVEN (82 uses in xd)
• SUAVE (16 uses in xd)
• SAND (12 uses in xd)
• EASE (11 uses in xd)
• GLIB (9 uses in xd)

Other clues for SLEEK

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

• Streamlined - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Glossy - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Aerodynamic - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Smooth and glossy - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Well-groomed - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Smooth and shiny - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Built for speed - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Aerodynamically designed - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Trim and graceful - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Finely contoured - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Smooth and lustrous - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Stylishly smooth - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Polished - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Smooth transition - SEGUE, used 107 times
• Socially smooth - SUAVE, used 22 times
• Makes smooth - EVENS, used 19 times
• Smooth - SUAVE, used 16 times
• Smooth fabric - SATIN, used 16 times
• Smooth-talking - SLICK, used 15 times

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