Fishhook's end
The crossword clue "Fishhook's end" is answered by BARB, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BARB
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BARB answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BARB
Every other clue in this collection answered by BARB, most used first.
- Cutting remark - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Biting remark - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Zinger - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
- Fishhook feature - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Stinging remark - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Fishhook part - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Pointed remark - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Hurtful remark - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Stinging comment - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp comment - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Cutting comment - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Part of a fishhook. - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Sharp remark - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Caustic remark - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Fishhook point - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Biting comment - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Carping remark - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Fishhook - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Nasty remark - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharpness. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
- Sting. - used 7 times, most recently in 1986
- Caustic comment - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Sharp point - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp projection. - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Unkind comment - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Zinging remark - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Hammer end - PEEN, used 79 times
- Tail end - REAR, used 43 times
- End in ___ - ATIE, used 40 times
- Back end - REAR, used 39 times
- End in ___ (require overtime) - ATIE, used 37 times
- At an end - OVER, used 35 times
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