Mattress support

The answer

SLAT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAT answer page.

Used 28 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• BOXSPRING (6 uses in xd)
• BEDSLAT (2 uses in xd)
• BEDSPRING (2 uses in xd)
• BEDSTEAD (2 uses in xd)
• BEDBOARD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SLAT

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

• Blind part - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• Venetian blind part - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Thin board - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Bed board - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Bed support - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Wooden strip - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Blinds piece - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Louver piece - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Venetian blind strip - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Blind piece - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Thin strip - used 27 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Sail support - MAST, used 115 times
• Rigging support - SPAR, used 71 times
• Tech support caller - USER, used 68 times
• School support orgs. - PTAS, used 36 times
• Support beam - IBAR, used 33 times
• Flower support - STEM, used 27 times

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