Kind of hammer
The crossword clue "Kind of hammer" is answered by CLAW, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 5 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 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BALLPEEN (1 uses in xd)
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
- Cat's scratcher - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Hammer feature - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- 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.
- Hammer part - PEEN, used 208 times
- Kind - SORT, used 113 times
- Kind of tide - NEAP, used 103 times
- "If __ a Hammer" - IHAD, used 84 times
- Kind of school - PREP, used 80 times
- Hammer end - PEEN, used 79 times
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