Will-o'-the-___
The crossword clue "Will-o'-the-___" is answered by WISP, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1975. 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
WISP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WISP answer page.
Used 16 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WISP
Every other clue in this collection answered by WISP, most used first.
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- Trace - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
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- Fleeting trace - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Handful of straw - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Puff of smoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Shred. - used 8 times, most recently in 1966
- Thin puff of smoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Faint trace - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Filmy piece. - used 7 times, most recently in 1984
- Curl of smoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Puff - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Tendril - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Tendril of smoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Thin streak - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Thin trail of smoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Thin tuft - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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