Wisdom tooth

The answer

MOLAR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOLAR answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MOLAR

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

• Grinding tooth - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Back tooth - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Back biter - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Grinder - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• Wisdom tooth, e.g. - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Tooth. - used 32 times, most recently in 1997
• Bicuspid neighbor - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Type of tooth - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Food grinder - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bicuspid's neighbor - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Grinding - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Tooth type - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Canine companion? - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Wisdom tooth, for one - used 6 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.

• Words of wisdom - ADAGE, used 31 times
• Bit of wisdom - PEARL, used 20 times
• Tooth problem - DECAY, used 17 times
• Tooth: Prefix - DENTI, used 12 times
• Tooth trouble - DECAY, used 12 times
• Bit of wisdom - ADAGE, used 10 times

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