Bar on a train

The answer

AXLE

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AXLE

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

• Car bar - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel shaft - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel connector - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel bar - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Car part - used 38 times, most recently in 2015
• Hot-rod rod - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel holder - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Spindle. - used 26 times, most recently in 2005
• Rod between wheels - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Turning point - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Wheelbase terminus - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
• Wheel-connecting rod - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel rod - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Bridge toll unit - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Toll unit - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Rod in a hot rod - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Wagon part - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel support - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Auto part - used 15 times, most recently in 1996
• Bar on a car - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Car shaft - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel turner - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Drive train component - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Wheel part - used 11 times, most recently in 2002
• Toll-road toll unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel-to-wheel rod - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Auto shaft - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Grease target - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Linchpin site - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Rotating car part - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Shaft - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Shaft between wheels - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Trucker's toll unit - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Wheel and ___ (simple machine) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel-connecting bar - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheels connector - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Chassis part - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Drivetrain part - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Hot rod's rod - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Linchpin's place - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Rod between car wheels - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Rotating shaft - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bar between wheels - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Bar in a car - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Cart part - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Rod on a rig - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Turnpike toll unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Type of grease - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Weigh station unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Wheel pin - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Wheel spindle - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Bar bills - TABS, used 83 times
• Bar mitzvah dance - HORA, used 71 times
• Bar mixer - SODA, used 60 times
• Bar - RAIL, used 53 times
• "Take ___ Train" - THEA, used 53 times
• Read, as a bar code - SCAN, used 45 times

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