Metal pin

The answer

RIVET

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 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.

• FID (1 uses in xd)
• SKEWER (1 uses in xd)

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
• 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.

• Wooden pin - DOWEL, used 33 times
• Metal bar - INGOT, used 31 times
• Refine, as metal - SMELT, used 29 times
• Sword metal - STEEL, used 28 times
• Metal mixture - ALLOY, used 25 times
• Place for a pin - LAPEL, used 24 times

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