Rock-boring tool
The crossword clue "Rock-boring tool" is answered by TREPAN, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TREPAN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREPAN answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TREPAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by TREPAN, most used first.
- Boring tool - used 14 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.
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- Rock salt - HALITE, used 44 times
- Mason's tool - TROWEL, used 37 times
- Rock layers - STRATA, used 36 times
- Sculptor's tool - CHISEL, used 33 times
- Igneous rock - BASALT, used 23 times
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