Boat part
The crossword clue "Boat part" is answered by KEEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KEEL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEEL answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 9 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.
- GUNWALE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for KEEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEEL, most used first.
- Ship's backbone - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Fall (over) - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Ship stabilizer - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Ship part - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Boat's backbone - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Ship's spine - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Boat bottom - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Topple (over) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- __ over; faint - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- On an even ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Capsize, with "over" - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- __ over (capsize) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Ship: Poet. - used 11 times, most recently in 1967
- Boat stabilizer - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- On an even __ (steady) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Boat backbone - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a ship - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Boat's bottom - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Faint, with "over" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- __ over (topple) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Stem-to-stern structure - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Backbone of a ship - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Nautical centerpiece - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Nautical spine - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- __ over (collapse) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stem-to-stern part - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Part of Q.E.D. - ERAT, used 477 times
- Part of A.D. - ANNO, used 301 times
- Part of QED - ERAT, used 274 times
- Molecule part - ATOM, used 269 times
- Eye part - IRIS, used 242 times
- Hammer part - PEEN, used 208 times
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