Ankle bone
The crossword clue "Ankle bone" is answered by TARSAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TARSAL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TARSAL answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TARSAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by TARSAL, most used first.
- Of the ankle - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Ankle-related - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Foot bone - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Of a foot bone - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Pertaining to the ankle - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Muscle-bone connector - TENDON, used 24 times
- Bone-related - OSTEAL, used 21 times
- Ankle injury - SPRAIN, used 16 times
- Leg bone - FIBULA, used 15 times
- Turn to bone - OSSIFY, used 9 times
- Harden into bone - OSSIFY, used 8 times
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