Boob tube
The crossword clue "Boob tube" is answered by TVSET, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1999. 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
TVSET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TVSET answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 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.
- IDIOTBOX (5 uses in xd)
- TV (3 uses in xd)
- UNDERWIRE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for TVSET
Every other clue in this collection answered by TVSET, most used first.
- Sports bar fixture - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Remote target - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Family room fixture - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cable outlet? - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Den fixture - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Tube - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Soap box? - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Idiot box - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Electron tube - DIODE, used 60 times
- Tube-shaped pasta - PENNE, used 48 times
- Surgical tube - STENT, used 46 times
- Open, as a toothpaste tube - UNCAP, used 36 times
- ___ tube - INNER, used 34 times
- Kind of tube - INNER, used 30 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.