Resilient strength

The answer

SINEW

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

Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SINEW

Every other clue in this collection answered by SINEW, most used first.

• Tendon - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
• Strength - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Muscular power - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscular strength - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscle - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Muscle-bone connector - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscle power - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Tough tissue - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Brawn - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Connective tissue - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscle connector - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Muscle-to-bone connector - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bone-muscle connector - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Toughness - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Tough fibrous tissue - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Source of strength - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Resilience - 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.

• Symbol of strength - STEEL, used 27 times
• Strength - MIGHT, used 25 times
• Strength - FORTE, used 24 times
• Strength - POWER, used 15 times
• Muscular strength - BRAWN, used 14 times
• Strength - ASSET, used 13 times

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