Pivot around a pole

The answer

SLUE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLUE

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

• Swing around - used 140 times, most recently in 2024
• Pivot - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Turn on an axis - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Turn on a pivot - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Turn about - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
• Swing about - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Pivot around - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Twist - used 16 times, most recently in 2005
• Veer. - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
• Turn sharply - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Fishtail - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Turn - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Turn, as a mast - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Twist sideways - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Do a quick turnaround - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Swivel around - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Turn around - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Swivel on an axis - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Stick around - STAY, used 171 times
• Just sitting around - IDLE, used 85 times
• Hang around - STAY, used 84 times
• Lounge around - LOLL, used 72 times
• Pole, e.g. - SLAV, used 57 times
• Ship's pole - MAST, used 50 times

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