Column base
The crossword clue "Column base" is answered by PLINTH, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PLINTH
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLINTH answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. 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.
- SOCLE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for PLINTH
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLINTH, most used first.
- Statue base - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Pedestal base - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Tahini base - SESAME, used 20 times
- Column - PILLAR, used 19 times
- Kind of column - SPINAL, used 19 times
- Base - ALKALI, used 16 times
- __ column - SPINAL, used 12 times
- Marzipan base - ALMOND, used 12 times
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