Bygone phone feature

The answer

DIAL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIAL answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DIAL

Every other clue in this collection answered by DIAL, most used first.

• Clock face - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Rotary phone feature - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Use a rotary phone - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Watch face - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't touch that ___!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Radio knob - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ M for Murder" - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Old phone feature - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Watch part - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Tuning knob - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Use an old phone - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Gauge face - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Retro phone feature - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Rotary phone part - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Clock part - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Face with hands - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Phone - used 13 times, most recently in 1998
• Radio tuner - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Combination lock feature - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Radio part - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Use the phone - used 10 times, most recently in 1995
• Call up - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Ivory alternative - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Old radio part - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• It's on the watch - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Make a call - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Tune in. - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Channel changer - used 7 times, most recently in 1988
• Face of a clock - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of tone - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Push-button predecessor - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Soap brand - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Use an old-fashioned phone - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Call - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Dashboard feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Dashboard item. - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Face of a watch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Knob - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Push button forerunner - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Radio feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Ring up - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Tuner - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Goblet feature - STEM, used 116 times
• Skirt feature - SLIT, used 82 times
• Fork feature - TINE, used 72 times
• Roller coaster feature - LOOP, used 69 times
• Fedora feature - BRIM, used 61 times
• Bygone Russian ruler - TSAR, used 59 times

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