Set of steps.

The answer

STILE

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1978; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 1 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.

• STAIR (3 uses in xd)
• LADDER (2 uses in xd)
• PROCESS (2 uses in xd)
• STAIRS (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for STILE

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

• Steps over a fence - used 46 times, most recently in 2019
• Subway entrance - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Fence crossing - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Fence steps. - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Subway feature - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Metro entrance - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Rural crossing - used 11 times, most recently in 1979
• Steps over a wall - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Fence feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Subway gate - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Fence straddler - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Set straight - ALIGN, used 96 times
• Musical set in Argentina - EVITA, used 91 times
• All set - READY, used 66 times
• Took steps - ACTED, used 62 times
• Set of principles - ETHIC, used 45 times
• Set free - UNTIE, used 44 times

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