Curved bone
The crossword clue "Curved bone" is answered by RIB, a 3-letter entry. Used 36 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RIB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIB answer page.
Used 36 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIB
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIB, most used first.
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- Vault part - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Cage component - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Curved line - ARC, used 119 times
- Curved path - ARC, used 113 times
- Curved letter - ESS, used 69 times
- Curved edge - RIM, used 27 times
- Dry -- bone - ASA, used 21 times
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