Shaping tool
The crossword clue "Shaping tool" is answered by LATHE, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LATHE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LATHE answer page.
Used 25 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. 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.
- SWAGE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for LATHE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LATHE, most used first.
- Turning tool - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Shaping machine - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Wood-shaping tool - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Woodworking tool - used 27 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.
- Boring tool - AUGER, used 98 times
- Lawn tool - EDGER, used 78 times
- Digging tool - SPADE, used 66 times
- Garden tool - SPADE, used 60 times
- Carpenter's tool - LEVEL, used 36 times
- Plumber's tool - SNAKE, used 36 times
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