Answer to "Silk thread" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLOSS , but the solution may also be FILO which is one of the most recent solution (1973 in New York Times).

Silk thread crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
FLOSS	50 %	5
TRAM	17 %	4
SLEAVE	17 %	6
FILO	17 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Silk thread

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• spun silk
• silklike
• silkiness
• raw silk
• silkworm
• satin stitch
• silk screen
• silkscreen
• corn silk
• threading
• goldthread
• stitching

Crossword Answer definitions

FLOSS noun

1. A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
2. Raw silk fibres.
3. The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
4. Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
5. Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
6. A body feather of an ostrich.
7. A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.

FLOSS verb

1. To clean the area between the teeth using floss.
2. To show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent.
3. To perform the floss dance move.

FLOSS noun

1. A small stream of water.
2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result FLOSS

• Strand in the bathroom
• Strand for cleaning
• Reach Easy Slide, for one
• Long line at the dentist?
• Dentist's recommendation
• Clean with string
• Dental cleaner
• Dentist's advice
• Dislodge particles
• Oral-B product

More clues leading to the result TRAM

• London transport until 1952
• Mine vehicle (3)
• Old London transport
• Soho streetcar
• Streetcar
• Cable car
• Mine vehicle
• British streetcar
• London transport
• Monorail unit

More clues leading to the result SLEAVE

• Skein of thread
• Fine thread
• Separate into filaments, as silk
• "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd ___ of care": Shakespeare
• "The ravell'd __ of care": Shak.
• Untwisted silk.
• "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd ___."
• "The ravel'd ___ of care."
• Silk in the form of filaments.
• Silk in filaments.

More clues leading to the result FILO

• Flaky Greek pastry dough
• Flaky pastry
• Thin flaky pastry
• Baklava dough
• Mideastern pastry dough
• Dough for spanakopita, perhaps
• Spanakopita dough
• Dough used in baklava
• Baklava ingredient
• Silk thread