Artery's opposite

The answer

VEIN

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for VEIN

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

• Blood vessel - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Blood line - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Lode - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Blood carrier - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Ore deposit - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Phlebotomist's target - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Shrimp discard - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Target for Dracula - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Artery's counterpart - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mood. - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Ore layer - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Streak - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
• Blood conduit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Marble marking - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Silver streak - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Style - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Opposite of "sans" - AVEC, used 108 times
• Opposite of aweather - ALEE, used 77 times
• Neatnik's opposite - SLOB, used 52 times
• Opposite of pro- - ANTI, used 41 times
• Pro's opposite - ANTI, used 40 times
• Opposite of fem. - MASC, used 39 times

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