Fuse metal

The answer

WELD

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WELD answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. 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

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• SOLDER (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for WELD

Every other clue in this collection answered by WELD, most used first.

• Fuse, as metal - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Fuse - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Use a blowtorch - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Actress Tuesday - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Fuse together - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Join with a blowtorch - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Fuse, in a way - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Unite - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Join together - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Tuesday - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
• Use an acetylene torch - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Fuse with heat - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Join with a torch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Metal sources - ORES, used 70 times
• Heavy metal - LEAD, used 60 times
• Magnetic metal - IRON, used 38 times
• Put the pedal to the metal - SPED, used 36 times
• Metal in steel - IRON, used 34 times
• Common metal - IRON, used 29 times

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