Metal thread
The crossword clue "Metal thread" is answered by WIRE, a 4-letter entry. Used 29 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
WIRE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WIRE answer page.
Used 29 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by WIRE, most used first.
- Telegram - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Metal sources - ORES, used 70 times
- Magnetic metal - IRON, used 38 times
- Uses needle and thread - SEWS, used 36 times
- Metal in steel - IRON, used 34 times
- Common metal - IRON, used 29 times
- Fuse, as metal - WELD, used 29 times
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