Elbow benders

The answer

SOTS

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 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.

• DRINKERS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SOTS

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

• Lushes - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Drunkards - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Tipplers - used 35 times, most recently in 2022
• Barflies - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Boozers - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Drunks - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Topers - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Boozehounds - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Tosspots - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Bar denizens - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Inebriates - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Guzzlers - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Heavy drinkers - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Pub crawlers - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Stewed dudes - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• They're often wasted - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Elbow counterpart - KNEE, used 32 times
• Elbow-to-wrist bone - ULNA, used 25 times
• Wrist-to-elbow bone - ULNA, used 25 times
• Elbow - POKE, used 24 times
• Elbow-wrist connection - ULNA, used 21 times
• Wrist-elbow connector - ULNA, used 17 times

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