Parallel bands
The crossword clue "Parallel bands" is answered by STRIA, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STRIA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRIA answer page.
Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STRIA
Every other clue in this collection answered by STRIA, most used first.
- Narrow groove - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Narrow furrow - used 31 times, most recently in 2019
- Groove - used 20 times, most recently in 2008
- Minute groove. - used 19 times, most recently in 2012
- Tiny groove - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Narrow ridge - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Furrow - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Narrow channel - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Thin narrow groove - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Parallel to - ALONG, used 15 times
- Make parallel - ALIGN, used 12 times
- Wedding bands - RINGS, used 11 times
- 38th parallel land - KOREA, used 10 times
- Heraldic bands - ORLES, used 8 times
- Small bands - TRIOS, used 8 times
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