Wheel shaft
The crossword clue "Wheel shaft" is answered by AXLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 116 times across 48 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AXLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AXLE answer page.
Used 116 times across 48 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AXLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by AXLE, most used first.
- Car bar - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Wheel connector - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Wheel bar - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Car part - used 38 times, most recently in 2015
- Hot-rod rod - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Wheel holder - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Spindle. - used 26 times, most recently in 2005
- Rod between wheels - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Turning point - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Wheelbase terminus - used 22 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.
- "Wheel of Fortune" option - SPIN, used 32 times
- "Wheel of Fortune" turn - SPIN, used 28 times
- Ship's wheel - HELM, used 25 times
- Wheel hub - NAVE, used 25 times
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