Carpentry joint
The crossword clue "Carpentry joint" is answered by TENON, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TENON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TENON answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 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.
- MORTISE (1 uses in xd)
- TONGUEANDGROOVE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TENON
Every other clue in this collection answered by TENON, most used first.
- Mortise insert - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
- Mortise mate - used 40 times, most recently in 2021
- Mortise partner - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Mortise's partner - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Mortise's mate - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Dovetail part - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Mortise insertion - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Joint part - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Part of a joint - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Carpentry joint part - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Dovetail wedge - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Join securely - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Mortise and ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of a furniture joint - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Mortise companion - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Mortise fit - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Part of a dovetail - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Part of a dovetail joint - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Low joint - ANKLE, used 51 times
- Arm joint - ELBOW, used 48 times
- Lower leg joint - ANKLE, used 27 times
- Joint. - ANKLE, used 25 times
- Leg joint - ANKLE, used 23 times
- Low-down joint - ANKLE, used 21 times
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