Only

The answer

SOLE

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

Used 169 times across 44 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 28 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.

• MERE (74 uses in xd)
• LONE (33 uses in xd)
• JUST (12 uses in xd)
• ALONE (8 uses in xd)
• AROSE (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for SOLE

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

• 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
• Flatfish - used 65 times, most recently in 2023
• 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.

• For men only - STAG, used 80 times
• Only - MERE, used 74 times
• Men-only - STAG, used 67 times
• "___ Only Just Begun" - WEVE, used 61 times
• "Only Time" singer - ENYA, used 49 times
• "Not only that ..." - ALSO, used 48 times

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