Ship's spine
The crossword clue "Ship's spine" is answered by KEEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 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 24 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 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
- Boat's backbone - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Boat bottom - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Ship's front - PROW, used 59 times
- Ship's staff - CREW, used 59 times
- Ship's pole - MAST, used 50 times
- Ship's frame - HULL, used 27 times
- Ship's wheel - HELM, used 25 times
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