Water wheel
The crossword clue "Water wheel" is answered by NORIA, a 5-letter entry. Used 72 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NORIA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NORIA answer page.
Used 72 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1950. 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.
- DANAIDE (2 uses in xd)
- HELM (2 uses in xd)
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.
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