Turning tool
The crossword clue "Turning tool" is answered by LATHE, a 5-letter entry. Used 40 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LATHE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LATHE answer page.
Used 40 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LATHE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LATHE, most used first.
- Shaping machine - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Wood-shaping tool - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Woodworking tool - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Shaping tool - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Boring tool - AUGER, used 98 times
- Lawn tool - EDGER, used 78 times
- Digging tool - SPADE, used 66 times
- Garden tool - SPADE, used 60 times
- Turning point - PIVOT, used 40 times
- Carpenter's tool - LEVEL, used 36 times
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