Tug-of-war item
The crossword clue "Tug-of-war item" is answered by ROPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROPE answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ROPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROPE, most used first.
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- Tug-of-war need - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Lariat - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Clue weapon - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Thick cord - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Weapon in Clue - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- You can skip it - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Skip it - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Double Dutch need - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Hawser. - used 15 times, most recently in 2007
- Lasso material - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Tug-of-war cord - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Hitchcock classic - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Something to skip - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- It may be skipped - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Weapon for Colonel Mustard - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Hitchcock thriller - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- It's fit to be tied - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Strong cord - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Boxing ring boundary - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Climbing gear - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Hitchcock's first color film - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Piece of rodeo gear - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Tug of war requirement - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Weapon in the game Clue - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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