Spiral pin

The answer

SCREW

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2007; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Bit of hardware - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Carpentry fastener - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Propeller shape - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• 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.

• Spiral-horned antelope - ELAND, used 57 times
• Spiral - HELIX, used 43 times
• Wooden pin - DOWEL, used 33 times
• Place for a pin - LAPEL, used 24 times
• Gunwale pin - THOLE, used 19 times
• Spiral shell - CONCH, used 16 times

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