Roof timber
The crossword clue "Roof timber" is answered by RAFTER, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RAFTER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAFTER answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 4 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.
- RIDGEPOLE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RAFTER
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAFTER, most used first.
- Roof support - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Roof beam - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Beam. - used 8 times, most recently in 1981
- High beam? - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Roof supporter - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Roof of the mouth - PALATE, used 25 times
- "Fiddler on the Roof" setting - SHTETL, used 17 times
- Timber decay - DRYROT, used 12 times
- Timber problem - DRYROT, used 10 times
- Roof features - GABLES, used 8 times
- Hit the roof - SEERED, used 7 times
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