The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHIVE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1992.
Flax splinter crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHIVE | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flax splinter
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shive
- sliver
- spreader
- slub
- card
- cards
- bat
- beat
- beats
- break
- finger
- rock
Crossword Answer definitions
SHIVE noun- A slice, especially of bread.
- A sheave.
- A beam or plank of split wood.
- A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.
- A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
- A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
- A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
- (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
- A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
- A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.
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