Mountaineer's spike
The crossword clue "Mountaineer's spike" is answered by PITON, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PITON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PITON answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PITON
Every other clue in this collection answered by PITON, most used first.
- Climber's spike - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
- Mountain climber's spike - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Rock climber's spike - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Mountain climber's aid - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Mountain climber's accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Scaler's spike - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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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