Boat's backbone
The crossword clue "Boat's backbone" is answered by KEEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
KEEL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEEL answer page.
Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Ship's spine - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Boat bottom - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- Patella's place - KNEE, used 146 times
- Fuzzy fruit - KIWI, used 143 times
- Sharp - KEEN, used 139 times
- ___ Sutra - KAMA, used 122 times
- Smooch - KISS, used 110 times
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