Flatfish

The answer

SOLE

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

Used 65 times across 44 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 11 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.

• DAB (19 uses in xd)
• DABS (9 uses in xd)
• BRILL (4 uses in xd)
• PLAICE (4 uses in xd)
• SOLES (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for SOLE

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

• Only - used 169 times, most recently in 2026
• One and only - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoe bottom - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Exclusive - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Boot bottom - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Food fish - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Lone - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoe part - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Foot part - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Bottom of a shoe - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Fish. - used 34 times, most recently in 2002
• Fish dish - used 28 times, most recently in 2017
• Unique - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Filet fish - used 23 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
• Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
• Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
• "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
• Withered - SERE, used 400 times
• Location - SITE, used 390 times

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