___ onto (grab hold of)
The crossword clue "___ onto (grab hold of)" is answered by GLOM, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
GLOM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GLOM answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GLOM
Every other clue in this collection answered by GLOM, most used first.
- Latch (onto) - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Grab (onto) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Steal, slangily - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Seize, slangily - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Rip off - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Swipe - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Grab, with "onto" - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Latch (on to) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Hold sway - RULE, used 77 times
- "Hold on ___!" - ASEC, used 68 times
- Hard to hold - EELY, used 51 times
- "Hold on!" - WAIT, used 48 times
- "Hold your horses!" - WHOA, used 48 times
- Hold back - STEM, used 43 times
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