Wheel shafts
The crossword clue "Wheel shafts" is answered by AXLES, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AXLES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AXLES answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AXLES
Every other clue in this collection answered by AXLES, most used first.
- Wheel connectors - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Bars on cars - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Wheel turners - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Car bars - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Wheel bars - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Wheel supports - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Water wheel - NORIA, used 72 times
- Took the wheel - DROVE, used 37 times
- Wheel spokes - RADII, used 30 times
- Fifth wheel - SPARE, used 24 times
- "Wheel of Fortune" host - SAJAK, used 23 times
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