Vertical
The crossword clue "Vertical" is answered by PLUMB, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. 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
PLUMB
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLUMB answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. 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.
- PERPENDICULAR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PLUMB
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLUMB, most used first.
- Perfectly vertical - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Downright - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Exactly vertical - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Vertical - ERECT, used 19 times
- Isn't quite vertical - LEANS, used 9 times
- Vertical graph line - YAXIS, used 8 times
- Vertical pipe - RISER, used 7 times
- Vertical - APEAK, used 6 times
- Vertical, nautically - APEAK, used 6 times
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