Cat's scratcher
The crossword clue "Cat's scratcher" is answered by CLAW, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CLAW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CLAW answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CLAW
Every other clue in this collection answered by CLAW, most used first.
- Talon - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Hammer part - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Cat's weapon - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Lobster part - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Scratch - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
- Hammer feature - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Kind of hammer - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Lobster's weapon - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Feline weapon - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Attack, cat-style - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Crab's grabber - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Chela - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
- Type of hammer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Lobster pincer - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Lobster's pincer - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- One way to get to the top? - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Hammerhead part - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Lobster delicacy - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lobster feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Part of some hammers - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Cat's toenail - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hammer end - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Lobster portion - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Tiger's toenail - used 6 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.
- Cat's-paw - TOOL, used 41 times
- Cat's cry - MEOW, used 33 times
- Contented cat's sound - PURR, used 29 times
- Cat's comment - MEOW, used 19 times
- Manx cat's lack - TAIL, used 19 times
- Happy cat's sound - PURR, used 17 times
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