Tool for rowing

The answer

OAR

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OAR answer page.

Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OAR

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

• Rowing need - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
• Scull - used 100 times, most recently in 2025
• Paddle - used 97 times, most recently in 2025
• Rowing tool - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Crew tool - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Rower's need - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Row - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Crew member - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Rowing implement - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Galley item - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Boat propeller - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Rowboat propeller - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Rowboat need - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Rowboat implement - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Dinghy propeller - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Scull tool - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Rower's implement - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Rower's tool - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Crew need - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Stick in the water - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Sweep. - used 36 times, most recently in 2001
• Rower's blade - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Sculler's need - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Galley tool - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Crew's control? - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Scull need - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Rowboat blade - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Rower - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
• Boathouse item - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Dinghy mover - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Boat mover - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Dinghy thingy - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Lifeboat need - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Rowboat mover - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• It fits in a lock - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Crew team's blade - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Crew implement - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Galley propeller - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Regatta implement - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Dory propeller - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Galley implement - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Lifeboat mover - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Paddle kin - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Shell mover - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Paddle's kin - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Dinghy need - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Propel, in a way - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Rowing blade - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Scull propeller - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Dinghy implement - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Paddle relative - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Thole insert - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Galley need - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Gondola propeller - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Low-tech propeller - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Regatta blade - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Sculler's implement - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Crewman - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• Dinghy blade - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Rowboat accessory - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Sculler's tool - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Blade in the water - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Lock insert - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Paddle's cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Pole with a blade - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Propeller. - used 12 times, most recently in 2003
• Rowboat tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Rowing stick - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Ben-Hur was chained to one - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Bladed pole - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Crew item - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Shell propeller - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Trireme tool - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• What you need to row, row, row your boat - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Backwash creator - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Blade - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Canoe paddle - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Dinghy accessory - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Dinghy tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Galley mover - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Sculling need - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Boat maneuverer - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Crew blade - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Crew-team member - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Put one's ___ in - used 9 times, most recently in 1981
• Regatta tool - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sculling instrument - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Small boat mover - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Stick in a lock - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Boat blade - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Boat-rowing tool - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Boathouse blade - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Boathouse implement - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Boating blade - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Boating tool - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Crew member's handful - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Gig implement - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Henley propeller - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Pole for propulsion - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Ripple maker - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Row your boat - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Sculler's gear - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Sculling blade - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Boat paddle - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Canoe propeller - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Dinghy driver - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Dory mover - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Item in a lock - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Rowboat necessity - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sculler - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Sculling tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Thole filler - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Blade on a boat - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Dinghy thingie - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Lifeboat item - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Lifeboat must - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Regatta trophy - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Rowboat rower - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• For each - PER, used 391 times
• Garden tool - HOE, used 220 times
• "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
• Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.