Girder fastener

The answer

RIVET

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIVET answer page.

Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Fastener - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• 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
• Girder material - STEEL, used 55 times
• Necklace fastener - CLASP, used 55 times
• Construction girder - IBEAM, used 42 times
• Gate fastener - LATCH, used 42 times
• Letter-shaped fastener - UBOLT, used 32 times

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