12-inch stick
The crossword clue "12-inch stick" is answered by RULER, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. 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
RULER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RULER answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RULER
Every other clue in this collection answered by RULER, most used first.
- Measuring stick - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Straightedge - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
- Sovereign - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- King or czar - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- King or queen - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Monarch - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Measuring tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- School tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Schoolbag item - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- It's for good measure - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- King or emperor - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Desk drawer item - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- It's made to measure - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Knuckle rapper - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Uses a swizzle stick - STIRS, used 35 times
- Stick out like ___ thumb - ASORE, used 25 times
- Knight stick - LANCE, used 24 times
- Relay stick - BATON, used 22 times
- Reznor of Nine Inch Nails - TRENT, used 22 times
- Conductor's stick - BATON, used 21 times
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