Drill a hole
The crossword clue "Drill a hole" is answered by BORE, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BORE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BORE answer page.
Used 24 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BORE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BORE, most used first.
- Drill - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoozefest - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiresome person - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Yawn inducer - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Use a drill - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Hole-making tools - AWLS, used 48 times
- Hole-punching tools - AWLS, used 42 times
- Hole punchers - AWLS, used 40 times
- Made a hole in one - ACED, used 37 times
- Is in the hole - OWES, used 36 times
- Enlarge a hole - REAM, used 33 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.