Clues for the word "LYE"
We've had 297 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1044 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 30, 2026.
Definition of lye
- n. - A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
- n. - A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
- n. - A falsehood.
Referring Clues
- Potash
- High-pH substance
- Heavy-duty cleanser
- Soapmaker's solution
- Soap solution
- Leaching product
- Bleaching agent
- Burning substance
- Lixivium
- Caustic substance
- Bleaching solution
- Caustic cleanser
- Common name for sodium hydroxide
- Potassium hydroxide, e.g.
- Soapmaking need
- NaOH or KOH
- Drain cleaner ingredient
- Strong cleaner
- Eye burner
- Strong alkali
- Strong cleanser
- Tough cleaner
- Basic cleaner
- Soap-making ingredient
- Ingredient in some cakes
- It makes soap strong
- Caustic chemical
- Potassium hydroxide
- Sodium hydroxide
- Soapmaker's need
- Clog remover
- Strong alkaline
- Drain unclogger
- Soap ingredient
- Burn cause
- Alkali in cleansers
- Oven cleaner ingredient
- Caustic alkali
- Caustic cleansing agent
- Chemical in Drano
- NaOH
- Soapmaker's supply
- Cause of some skin burns
- Caustic soapmaking compound
- Soap substance
- Caustic stuff
- Soapmaking compound
- Type of soap, once
- Drain-opener ingredient
- Kind of soap
- Caustic solution
- Red Devil product
- Caustic cleaner
- Old soap ingredient
- Soap ingredient, once
- Soapmaker's ingredient
- Strong sodium solution
- Alkaline made from ashes
- Toothpaste ingredient
- Alkaline liquid
- Caustic potash
- Oven cleaner component
- Soap-making need
- Caustic drain opener
- Solution obtained by lixiviation
- Caustic used in soapmaking
- It may go down the drain
- Cleaning substance
- Ingredient in Liquid-Plumr
- Harsh chemical
- Soapmaking solution
- Solution for leaching
- Hominy bath
- Drano ingredient
- Cleaning agent
- It's used in soap-making
- Drain cleaner component
- NaOH, familiarly
- KOH, to a layperson
- Soap-making stuff
- Pipe cleaner
- Sodium hydroxide solution
- Chemical used to make biodiesel
- Strong soap ingredient
- NaOH solution
- Cleaning solution
- Strong solution of sodium
- Alkaline soap ingredient
- Drain-cleaning chemical
- Caustic application
- Caustic matter
- Caustic potash, e.g.
- Sodium hydroxide, familiarly
- Wood ash product
- Potassium hydroxide solution
- Caustic soda
- A corrosive
- Strong cleaning solution
- Solution in soap and frosted glass
- Soap chemical
- Soap maker's need
- Strong alkaline solution
- Hydroxide solution
- Soap component
- Drano component
- It leaches and bleaches
- Solution for a clogged drain
- Cleaner ingredient
- Caustic agent
- Leaching solution
- Soapmaking caustic
- Lutefisk-curing need
- Corrosive stuff
- "Fight Club" chemical
- It's obtained by leaching
- Caustic
- Grammas' ______ soap
- More common name for caustic soda
- Caustic compound
- Oven-cleaner ingredient
- Detergent chemical
- Drain opener
- What real lutefisk is soaked in
- Drain-clearing chemical
- Drain-cleaner chemical
- Burning stuff
- Drain-cleaner ingredient
- Pipe unclogger
- Old-time soap ingredient
- Soap stuff
- Harsh cleanser
- Drain-opening stuff
- Drain cleaner
- Corrosive cleanser
- Stuff in soap
- Corrosive substance
- Hominy-making solution
- Alkali used in soapmaking
- Chemical in drain cleaners
- Caustic drain unclogger
- Caustic stuff in Drano
- Soapmaking stuff
- Caustic chemical used in making soap
- Chemical in biodiesel factories
- Caustic "Fight Club" substance
- Oil partner in soapmaking
- Soapmaker's caustic need
- Drain cleaner chemical
- Caustic fluid
- Strong drain cleaner
- Corrosive chemical
- Alkaline solution
- Basic solution
- Caustic drain-opener
- Grease dissolver
- Corrosive cleaner
- Soap compound
- Food-curing chemical
- Hydroxide
- Burn cause, perhaps
- It's KOH, chemically
- Powerful cleaner
- Caustic material
- Pipe cleaner?
- Cleanser ingredient
- Solution for some housework
- Solid caustic
- Potent cleaning solution
- Strong solution of potassium hydroxide
- Drain-cleaning substance
- Corrosive material
- Potent drain unclogger
- Caustic cleaning chemical
- Chemical in Drano crystals
- Strong base
- Oven-cleaner chemical
- Drain unclogger ingredient
- It's used to prepare lutefisk
- Soap-making chemical
- Chemical used in making 51-Across
- Caustic liquid
- Clog-clearing chemical
- Caustic drain-cleaning liquid
- Drain-unclogger ingredient
- Former soap ingredient
- Chemical in Liquid-Plumr
- Basic cleanser
- Soap ingredient of old
- Caustic drain-clearing chemical
- Unclogging agent
- Soapmaking supply
- Chemical in drain uncloggers
- Clog dissolver
- Potash substance
- Drain chemical
- Chemical
- Corrosive
- Cleaning chemical
- What Granny Clampett used in her homemade soap
- A solid caustic
- Strong solution
- Lutefisk soaking agent
- Strong cleanser that can burn the skin
- Solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
- Substance used in soap-making
- Heavy Toronto band used for making soap?
- Washing solution
- Component in drain cleaners
- Oven-cleaning stuff
- Sodium hydroxide, by another name
- Serious cleanser
- Sodium hydroxide in our home chemistry set
- Hair remover?
- Drano compound
- Caustic stuff used in some soaps
- Harsh cleaning chemical
- Caustic substance that changes fats into soap
- Potassium hydroxide cleaner
- Caustic ingredient found in Drano
- Basic substance
- Old-fashioned soapmaking need
- Ingredient in soap manufacture
- Caustic cleaning agent
- Harsh chemical in oven cleaners
- Caustic that opens drains
- Caustic substance in drain cleaners
- Burning liquid
- Unclogging aid
- ___ soap
- Corrosive solution
- Soapmaker's compound
- Caustic drain substance
- Ingredient in a drain declogger
- Drain unblocker
- Drain-opening liquid
- Strong drain opener
- Chemical compound with the formula NaOH
- Dishonest-sounding chemical
- It's used in soapmaking
- Chemical used in soap making
- Caustic soap ingredient
- Caustic chemical that sounds wrong
- Corrosive cleaning stuff
- Chemical in oven cleaners
- Drain-opener chemical
- Corrosive liquid
- Soapmaking ingredient
- Strong chemical
- Ingredient in drain openers
- Homophone of 24-Across
- Compound in drain cleaners
- pH adjuster in cosmetics
- Ingredient in soap
- Soapmaking substance
- Soap-making supply
- Harsh cleaning agent
- Ash product
- Chemical similar to bleach
- Homophone for 23-Across
- Homophone of "lie"
- Substance used to pickle lutefisk
- ___ water (jianshui zong ingredient)
- Caustic cleaning substance
- It may be part of a solution
- Bagel-making chemical
- Chemical in potent drain cleaners
- ___ water (alkaline ingredient in kutsinta)
- Ingredient in soapmaking
- Substance used to make soap
- Lutefisk-making chemical
- Olive-curing chemical
- Solution to some chemistry problems?
- 109-Across maker's need
- Compound used to make soft pretzels
- Liquid used to cure fish
- Chemical in soap
- Sodium solution
- Chemical used to make bagels
- Substance that's a homophone of a falsehood
- Substance in soap
- Abrasive chemical
- Substance used to cure olives
- Chemical in bagel-making
- Chemical in hominy
- Very basic stuff?
- Wood ash water
- Old soap base
- Solution for many cleaning problems
- Caustic chemical used to make lutefisk and bagels
- Caustic, corrosive cleaning agent
- Corrosive substance in pichi-pichi
- Very basic cleaner
- "That's a ___!" (chemist's punny observation)
- Caustic drain cleaner
- Common name for NaOH
- Chemical in pretzel-making
- Caustic paint stripper
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 30, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 25, 2026
- Daily American - March 18, 2026
- LA Times - March 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 04, 2026
- New York Times - March 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2026
- LA Times - January 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 08, 2026
- Mirror Mini - January 01, 2026
- New York Times - December 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2025
- New York Times - November 10, 2025
- LA Times - October 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - August 17, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 16, 2025
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