Joined the crew
The crossword clue "Joined the crew" is answered by OARED, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OARED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OARED answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 5 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.
- SIGNEDON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OARED
Every other clue in this collection answered by OARED, most used first.
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- Paddled - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Propelled a dinghy - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Had a row? - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Sculled - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
- Propelled a boat - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Used one's scull - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Propelled a scull - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Propelled a shell - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Toiled in the galley - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Rowed, as a boat - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Did galley work - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Took part in a regatta - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Like galleys - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Propelled a canoe - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Propelled a wherry - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
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