Of the backbone
The crossword clue "Of the backbone" is answered by SPINAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 31 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SPINAL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPINAL answer page.
Used 31 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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