Prison weapons
The crossword clue "Prison weapons" is answered by SHIVS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024. 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
SHIVS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHIVS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHIVS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHIVS, most used first.
- Switchblades - used 7 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.
- Fencing weapons - EPEES, used 33 times
- Prison-related - PENAL, used 24 times
- Olympic weapons - EPEES, used 23 times
- Gauchos' weapons - BOLAS, used 21 times
- Deprive of weapons - UNARM, used 20 times
- Put in prison - EMBAR, used 18 times
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