Handle
The crossword clue "Handle" is answered by WIELD, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1944. 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
WIELD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WIELD answer page.
Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WIELD
Every other clue in this collection answered by WIELD, most used first.
- Brandish - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Exercise, as power - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Exercise - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Handle skillfully - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Handle with skill - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Exercise, as authority - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Exert, as influence - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Manipulate - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Handle - SEETO, used 103 times
- Purse handle - STRAP, used 21 times
- Handle clumsily - PAWAT, used 16 times
- Tractor handle? - DEERE, used 14 times
- Scythe handle - SNATH, used 13 times
- Fake handle - ALIAS, used 12 times
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