Plane or pliers
The crossword clue "Plane or pliers" is answered by TOOL, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TOOL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOOL answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TOOL
Every other clue in this collection answered by TOOL, most used first.
- Implement - used 101 times, most recently in 2025
- Hammer or sickle - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Cat's-paw - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Gimlet or screwdriver - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Hammer or saw - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Kit item - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
- Plane, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Level or bevel - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Hammer or screwdriver - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Hammer or wrench - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Dupe - used 11 times, most recently in 1999
- Home Depot purchase - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Hammer, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Puppet - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Screwdriver, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Wrench or hammer - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Wrench or pliers - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Hammer or hacksaw - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Hammer or tongs - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Screwdriver, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Shed item - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Wrench, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Hammer or chisel - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Plane, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Saw or hammer - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Shop item - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Utensil - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Wrench, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Adz or awl - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Handyman's necessity - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Hardware store purchase - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Level, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Saw, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Word with kit or around - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Plane-related - AERO, used 47 times
- Plane measure - AREA, used 40 times
- Plane part - NOSE, used 35 times
- Plane reservation - SEAT, used 24 times
- Went by plane - FLEW, used 19 times
- "Leaving on ___ Plane" - AJET, used 17 times
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