Back of a book.

The answer

SPINE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 4 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.

• DORSE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPINE

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

• Backbone - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Book part - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Book back - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Courage - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Coward's lack - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Place for a book title - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Book's backbone - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a book - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Quill - used 11 times, most recently in 1999
• Title holder - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Chiropractor's concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Gumption - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Porcupine quill - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Chiropractor's focus - used 7 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Book of maps - ATLAS, used 317 times
• Put back to zero - RESET, used 85 times
• Drive back - REPEL, used 82 times
• Map book - ATLAS, used 73 times
• Back tooth - MOLAR, used 72 times
• Back biter - MOLAR, used 66 times

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