Cable
The crossword clue "Cable" is answered by WIRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WIRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WIRE answer page.
Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for WIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by WIRE, most used first.
- Telegram - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
- Metal thread - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Hidden mike - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Current carrier - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Finish line - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
- Electrician's supply - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Electricity carrier - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Down to the ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Fence material. - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
- Marionette mover - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Hanger material - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Send electronically, as funds - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Fencing. - used 8 times, most recently in 1981
- Hide a mike on - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Telegraph - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Hidden microphone - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Listening device - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Tightrope - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Sports cable channel - ESPN, used 44 times
- Cable car - TRAM, used 32 times
- Cable TV sports award - ESPY, used 20 times
- Cable sports award - ESPY, used 19 times
- Cable sports channel - ESPN, used 13 times
- Cable alternative - DISH, used 11 times
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