Slender woodwind

The answer to “Slender woodwind” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is OBOE — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 28, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 23-Down. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Slender woodwind” answer

OBOE (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is OBOE.

What does OBOE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of OBOE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Slender woodwind” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 28, 2026 (most recent) → OBOE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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