Jump with a twist

The answer

AXEL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AXEL answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AXEL

Every other clue in this collection answered by AXEL, most used first.

• Skater's leap - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Skating jump - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Figure skating jump - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Jump on the ice - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Figure skater's jump - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Skater's jump - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Figure skating leap - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Skating maneuver - used 27 times, most recently in 2018
• Skating leap - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Rink jump - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Rink leap - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Lipinski leap - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Skater's feat - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Leap for Lipinski - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Figure skater's leap - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Figure skating feat - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Jump on ice - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Conrad hero. - used 10 times, most recently in 1966
• Figure skating maneuver - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Jump on blades - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Rink maneuver - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Ice skating jump - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Jump in the rink - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Winter Olympics leap - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Jump in a rink - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Lutz alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Skater's maneuver - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Skating feat - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Winter Olympics jump - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Ice skater's leap - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Jump named for a skater - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Oksana Baiul jump - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Olympics jump - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Rink feat - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Salchow kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Winter Olympics maneuver - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Prefix with dynamic - AERO, used 152 times
• Share a border with - ABUT, used 152 times
• Jump - LEAP, used 147 times
• Done with - OVER, used 145 times
• With: Fr. - AVEC, used 132 times
• With skill - ABLY, used 127 times

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