Hoist
The crossword clue "Hoist" is answered by HEAVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1971. 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
HEAVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEAVE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for HEAVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEAVE, most used first.
- Throw with effort - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Lift with effort - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Throw with force - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ ho!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Throw - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Fling with force - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Hurl - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Toss - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Fling - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- "Ho" preceder - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Pant. - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Cast - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Throw with great effort - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Chuck - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Everybody lift together!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Breathe hard - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Throw forcefully - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Hoist - RAISE, used 10 times
- Construction site hoist - CRANE, used 6 times
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