Clues for the word "FLOSS"
We've had 106 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 151 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on May 21, 2026.
Definition of floss
- n. - The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.
- n. - Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering.
- n. - A small stream of water.
- n. - Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
Referring Clues
- It's often waxed
- See 22-Across
- Dentist's suggestion
- It may be waxed
- Dental stuff
- Clean the hard-to-get-at areas, say
- Dislodge some particles
- Toiletry item
- Dentist's advice
- Dentist's advice ... or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down
- Line at the dentist's office?
- Dental hygienist's advice
- Dental cleaner
- Dislodge particles
- Oral-B product
- Periodontist's recommendation
- Dental thread
- It may get food away from a canine
- Hygienist's advice
- Medicine cabinet item
- Knife of TV?ad fame
- Dentist's reminder
- Dentist's admonition
- Dental string
- Dentist's direction
- Embroidery filaments
- Dental device
- Dentist's directive
- Dentist's recommendation
- Take a dentist's advice
- Obey the dentist
- Dentist's instruction, perhaps
- Dental aid
- One way to dislodge some particles
- Dental advice
- It's sometimes between your teeth
- Brush partner
- Not just brush
- Dental care item
- Dentist's advice
or a hint to 20-Across, 51-Across, 11-Down and 29-Down
- Embroidery thread
- Tooth cleaner
- Thread recommended by dentists
- Soft silk thread
- Clean with string
- Dentist's instruction
- Another dentist's order
- Dental-care product
- Untwisted silk fibers
- Oral hygiene tool
- Please one's dentist
- Dental ___ (tooth-cleaning thread)
- Waxed thread
- Obey the dental hygienist
- Heed the dentist's order
- Oral-B Glide, e.g.
- Follow-up on a good brushing
- Often-unheeded advice from dentists
- Good dental advice
- Loose strands of fine silk
- Dental visit freebie
- Something to do to teeth
- Clean teeth with string
- Something you do for your teeth
- Teeth-cleaning string
- Brush your teeth and ___
- Do some dental hygiene
- "The Mill on the ___"
- Handout after a checkup
- Clean between the teeth
- A girl to help clean your teeth?
- Dentist's recommendation taking lead from fluoride deficiency
- It will help clean your teeth, little girl
- One girl's name for a resounding defeat?
- Is it like candy between your teeth?
- Thread used for tooth-cleaning
- For dental hygiene on Eliot's river
- Mill-bearing strands?
- Heed the hygienist
- Long line at the dentist?
- Clean teeth
- Female victim in Eliot's river
- Novel river with candy
- Bit of dental advice
- Hygienist's suggestion
- It's available in spools and picks
- Line through one's teeth?
- Classic location for the mill recommended by dentists
- Dentist's order
- Thread taken internally
- Hygienist's directive
- Dental directive, or (as two words) a feature of five answers in this puzzle
- 2010's dance craze with a dental name
- Initially financial loss on candy, possibly
- String that cleans teeth
- Strand at the dentist's office?
- Do canine care?
- Toothpick alternative
- A girl to help clean your teeth?
- Loud defeat for a tooth cleaner
- Dental ___
- One girl's name for a resounding defeat?
- Is it like candy between your teeth?
- Dentist's string
- Fairy ___: cotton candy, in Australia
- Form of candy good for the teeth?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 21, 2026
- Daily American - December 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 23, 2024
- LA Times - October 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 31, 2024
- New York Times - May 13, 2024
- USA Today - December 02, 2023
- Daily American - December 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 20, 2023
- LA Times - May 04, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 21, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 03, 2023
- USA Today - November 16, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 19, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - October 16, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - July 01, 2022
- Penny Dell Sunday - January 07, 2018
- LA Times - December 24, 2017
- Daily American - December 01, 2017
- Guardian Quick - November 04, 2017
- USA Today - October 27, 2017
- LA Times - October 27, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 19, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - July 08, 2017
- Universal - June 14, 2017
- New York Times - March 27, 2017
- Universal - March 27, 2017
- LA Times - December 14, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 13, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 30, 2016
- And in 121 more crossword puzzles...