Fastener
The crossword clue "Fastener" is answered by RIVET, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1969. 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
RIVET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIVET answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1969. 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 RIVET
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIVET, most used first.
- Metal fastener - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Metal bolt - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Transfix - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Girder fastener - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Fasten firmly - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
- Fastener for Rosie - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Fix firmly - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Engross - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Rosie's fastener - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Beam fastener - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Metal pin - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
- Construction beam fastener - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Fuselage fastener - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Jeans reinforcer - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Rosie's bolt - used 6 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.
- Threaded fastener - SCREW, used 61 times
- Necklace fastener - CLASP, used 55 times
- Gate fastener - LATCH, used 42 times
- Letter-shaped fastener - UBOLT, used 32 times
- Bracelet fastener - CLASP, used 20 times
- Fastener - CLASP, used 20 times
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