Fisherman's handled hook
The crossword clue "Fisherman's handled hook" is answered by GAFF, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GAFF
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAFF answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GAFF
Every other clue in this collection answered by GAFF, most used first.
- Fishing hook - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Barbed spear. - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Fisherman's hook - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- Hook with a handle - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Fish hook - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Fish-landing hook - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Hook for landing large fish - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Iron fishhook - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Butcher's hook - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Easily handled, as a ship - YARE, used 27 times
- Fisherman's hope - BITE, used 25 times
- Hook helper - SMEE, used 22 times
- Hook hand - SMEE, used 21 times
- Hook henchman - SMEE, used 16 times
- Worm on a hook, e.g. - BAIT, used 16 times
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