Closed hand
The crossword clue "Closed hand" is answered by FIST, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FIST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FIST answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by FIST, most used first.
- Clenched hand - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Punch ingredient? - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Pugilist's weapon - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Boxer's weapon - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Duke - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Black Power symbol - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Punch deliverer - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Rock, in rock paper scissors - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- It may be pumped or bumped - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Word before "bump" or "pump" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hand ball? - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Ring weapon - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Symbol of resistance - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Hand over - CEDE, used 187 times
- Not quite closed - AJAR, used 149 times
- At hand - NEAR, used 139 times
- Upper hand - EDGE, used 133 times
- Lends a hand - AIDS, used 94 times
- Closed - SHUT, used 88 times
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