End of a loaf

The answer

HEEL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEEL answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HEEL

Every other clue in this collection answered by HEEL, most used first.

• Cad - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Shoe part - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Command to Fido - used 32 times, most recently in 2020
• Command to a dog - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Scoundrel - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Foot part - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Command to Rover - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of the foot - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Achilles' weak spot - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Pump part - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• No-goodnik - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Loaf end - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Back part of a sock - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Boot part - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Sock part - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Canine command - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Obedience school command - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Stiletto, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Back of the foot - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Command to a canine - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Dog command - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Weak spot for Achilles - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of a pump - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Achilles' weak point - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Bread end - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Part of a sock - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Stiletto, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Back of a boot - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Back of a shoe - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Bounder - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Contemptible one - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• It might be said to a dog - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Hammer end - PEEN, used 79 times
• Tail end - REAR, used 43 times
• End in ___ - ATIE, used 40 times
• Back end - REAR, used 39 times
• End in ___ (require overtime) - ATIE, used 37 times
• At an end - OVER, used 35 times

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