Bucket handle
The crossword clue "Bucket handle" is answered by BAIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BAIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BAIL answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BAIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by BAIL, most used first.
- Get-out-of-jail money - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Release money - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Kettle handle - used 17 times, most recently in 2004
- Money for release - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- $50, in "Monopoly" - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Bondsman's offering - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Night court payment - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Rescue, with "out" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Help (out) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Sword handle - HILT, used 117 times
- Bucket - PAIL, used 99 times
- Champagne bucket - ICER, used 68 times
- Handle roughly - MAUL, used 60 times
- Handle: Lat. - ANSA, used 56 times
- Handle: Fr. - ANSE, used 46 times
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