Bone to pick
The crossword clue "Bone to pick" is answered by GRIPE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GRIPE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRIPE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GRIPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRIPE, most used first.
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- Beef - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
- Bellyache - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- Complaint - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Kvetch - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Carp - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Grouse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Leg bone - TIBIA, used 134 times
- Pick up the tab - TREAT, used 109 times
- Bone: Prefix - OSTEO, used 90 times
- Of an arm bone - ULNAR, used 60 times
- Pick-me-up - TONIC, used 55 times
- Pick up on - SENSE, used 48 times
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