Caustic solution
The crossword clue "Caustic solution" is answered by LYE, a 3-letter entry. Used 118 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LYE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LYE answer page.
Used 118 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 12 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.
- SODALYE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LYE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LYE, most used first.
- Caustic chemical - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic cleaner - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Soap ingredient - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic stuff - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
- Caustic substance - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic - used 35 times, most recently in 2001
- Strong cleaner - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Caustic soda - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Drano ingredient - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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