They come with strings attached

The answer

YOYOS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YOYOS answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• KITES (5 uses in xd)
• APRONS (4 uses in xd)
• HARPS (2 uses in xd)
• MARIOTTES (1 uses in xd)
• PARACHUTES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for YOYOS

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

• Toys on strings - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Fluctuates - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Fluctuates wildly - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• They have their ups and downs - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Vacillates - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Goes up and down - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Toys with strings - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Toys that go around the world - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Toys that have their ups and downs - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Walk the dog" toys - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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• Fill with joy - ELATE, used 232 times
• "Come in!" - ENTER, used 188 times
• Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
• Come after - ENSUE, used 147 times
• Come together - UNITE, used 119 times

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