Pertaining to bone
The crossword clue "Pertaining to bone" is answered by OSTEAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OSTEAL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OSTEAL answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OSTEAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by OSTEAL, most used first.
- Bony - used 42 times, most recently in 2021
- Bone-related - used 21 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.
- Muscle-bone connector - TENDON, used 24 times
- Leg bone - FIBULA, used 15 times
- Foot bone - TARSAL, used 10 times
- Ankle bone - TARSAL, used 9 times
- Turn to bone - OSSIFY, used 9 times
- Harden into bone - OSSIFY, used 8 times
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