Teeth on a wheel
The crossword clue "Teeth on a wheel" is answered by COGS, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
COGS
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Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for COGS
Every other clue in this collection answered by COGS, most used first.
- Gear teeth - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Machine parts - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Gear parts - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Teeth - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Gear components - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Minor players - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Sprockets - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Wheel shaft - AXLE, used 116 times
- Wheel connector - AXLE, used 76 times
- Tools with teeth - SAWS, used 55 times
- Wheel bar - AXLE, used 53 times
- Wheel holder - AXLE, used 34 times
- "Wheel of Fortune" option - SPIN, used 32 times
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