Clues for the word "FACILE"
We've had 34 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 47 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 31, 2025.
Definition of facile
- a. - Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.
- a. - Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.
- a. - Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.
- a. - Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.
- a. - Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen.
Referring Clues
- Glib
- Readily achieved
- Adroit
- Easily accomplished
- Easy
- Effortlessly achieved
- Done effortlessly
- Smooth
- Oversimplified
- Slick
- Easy to perform or achieve
- I figure to get in front - it's easy!
- Easy to find account where one might have stored it?
- It's easy for one to get fifty in front
- It's easy to get half a mile in front
- If lace is woven this way, it's easy
- Simply a piece of cake
- Superficial - glib
- In appearance the Italian is slick
- Superficial
- Easy to get low marks out of 100 for English
- Dismissive of inherent complexities
- Effortless, easy
- It's easy once I get 50 in front
- Lacking in complexity
- Easy to do
- Glib line about a Catholic
- Putting current into a line is no problem
- It's easy to file an account!
- It's easy for one to get left in front
- It's easy to put letters in a file
- Effortless
- Overly simplistic
- It's easy for the Italian to get in front
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 03, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 12, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 09, 2022
- New York Times - January 30, 2022
- New York Times - October 28, 2021
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 20, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 09, 2017
- Chronicle of Higher Education - October 28, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 04, 2016
- Guardian Speedy - September 11, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 12, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - March 15, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 10, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 26, 2011
- Guardian Quick - May 07, 2011
- New York Times - February 10, 2011
- Universal - February 03, 2011
- Guardian Speedy - November 14, 2010
- New York Times - July 24, 2010
- Washington Post - June 25, 2010
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 15, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - March 03, 2010
- And in 17 more crossword puzzles...