Part of the leg

The answer

KNEE

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

Used 38 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 4 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.

• SHIN (38 uses in xd)
• TIBIA (14 uses in xd)
• CALF (8 uses in xd)
• ANKLE (2 uses in xd)
• SHANK (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for KNEE

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

• Leg joint - used 250 times, most recently in 2026
• Patella's place - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Joint. - used 84 times, most recently in 1997
• Joint with a cap - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Pants part - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Patella site - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Trick" joint - used 35 times, most recently in 2022
• Elbow counterpart - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Boyz II Men's "On Bended ___" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Place for a pad - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Baby bouncer - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
• ___-jerk reaction - used 22 times, most recently in 2025

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
• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times

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