Bit of hardware
The crossword clue "Bit of hardware" is answered by SCREW, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCREW
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCREW answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SCREW
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCREW, most used first.
- Threaded fastener - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Propeller. - used 22 times, most recently in 2005
- Propeller type - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Carpenter's fastener - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Metal fastener - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Nail alternative - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Threaded hardware - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- "The Turn of the ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Alternative to a nail - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Wood fastener - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Carpentry fastener - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Propeller shape - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Spiral pin - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Prison guard, slangily - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Burn a bit - SINGE, used 80 times
- Bit of gossip - RUMOR, used 56 times
- Bit of parsley - SPRIG, used 56 times
- Champing at the bit - EAGER, used 48 times
- Bit of tomfoolery - ANTIC, used 35 times
- Bit of high jinks - ANTIC, used 34 times
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