Thin strands
The crossword clue "Thin strands" is answered by WISPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WISPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by WISPS, most used first.
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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.
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- Thin nails - BRADS, used 35 times
- Thin soup - BROTH, used 35 times
- Thin porridge - GRUEL, used 27 times
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