Clues for the word "SCREW"
We've had 189 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 385 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 22, 2026.
Definition of screw
- n. - A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.
- n. - Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.
- n. - Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.
- n. - A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
- n. - An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
- n. - An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor.
- n. - A small packet of tobacco.
- n. - An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.
- n. - A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis.
- n. - An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
- v. t. - To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.
- v. t. - To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
- v. t. - Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
- v. t. - To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
- v. t. - To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.
- v. i. - To use violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
- v. i. - To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.
Referring Clues
- It can go in brackets
- Prison guard, in slang
- Phillips head item
- Twist
- Kind of propeller
- It might have a Phillips head
- Threaded fastener
- It has a groovy head
- Twist (in)
- Bolt feature
- Propeller shape
- Alternative to a nail
- Relative of a bolt
- You may make its head turn
- It fits into a nut
- Fastener that's twisted in
- Boat propeller
- Fastener that turns
- Fastener that may have a Phillips head
- Carpentry fastener
- Prison guard, slangily
- Tapered fastener
- One with a helical thread
- "The Turn of the ___"
- Hoosegow honcho
- Thumb thing
- Vise closer
- Fastener with a slotted head
- Simple machine
- Threaded bit of hardware
- Wood fastener
- Turn in?
- Bit of hardware
- Thread site
- Hinge holder
- Summon (up), as courage
- Contort by twisting
- Woodworker's fastener
- "The Turn of the ___"
- Fastening device
- Nail's cousin
- Handyman's fastener
- Wood connector, often
- Cork follower
- Certain fastener
- Word before ball or driver
- Phillips-head hardware
- Threaded securer
- Tool box item
- Threaded nail
- Twisted fastener
- Nail alternative
- Carpenter's tool
- Carpenter's fastener
- Propeller type
- Bookcase-kit item
- ___up;botch
- Door-hinge holder
- One whose head is turned
- Piece of hardware
- Hardware item
- Machine part
- Bulb base feature
- Archimedes' device
- A carpenter may drive it
- Item driven by a carpenter
- Thread holder
- It may have a slotted head
- Spiral pin
- Bad thing to have loose
- Thread holder?
- Swindle
- Item in the hardware department with a "+" or "-" on its head
- Spiral fastener
- It might be in one's kitchen cabinet?
- One turning to enter?
- Toolbox item
- Spirally threaded tack
- Flathead, for one
- "Fix it up!" doodad
- It gets driven
- Threaded metal fastener
- Head-turner's hardware?
- *Hardware insertion point
- Metal fastener
- Common fastener
- Threaded hardware
- Threaded object
- Fasten
- Hardware fastener
- Install, as a bulb, with "in"
- Thumb or cork ender
- Bookcase fastener
- Threaded pin
- Word with ball or driver
- A thread winds around it
- Turnkey
- Fastener
- Type of bolt
- Loose bolt?
- Cheat out of money
- Small team for prison guard
- Prison officer (slang)
- "___ you!"
- One of the simple machines
- Eyeglass kit item
- Stitch up something with a thread
- Pay No 10, possibly
- Tapered fastener with a slotted head
- Fastener made by special workers on ship
- Do turn
- It propels, being itself driven
- Twist with second hands
- Prison officer with his own driver?
- Prison officer's pay?
- Payment made when the gang are at their wits' end
- Fixer needing driver
- Propeller guard
- Propeller - prison officer
- Fastener with slotted head
- Son boasted of wages commonly
- Bob boasted of earnings
- Extort from S8
- Stitch up with thread?
- One found in prison though without conviction
- See 9
- First ship with complement that makes it go
- Prison officer in need of a driver?
- Word with "cork" or "thumb"
- Drywall fastener
- Driven item
- Carpenter's item
- Archimedes' ___ (ancient water-transport machine)
- Cheat prison officer
- One propelling through the prison system?
- Gang, following opening of safe, finds wages
- Hear broadcast about book entry
- Con's guard
- Propeller
- Metal fastener that's turned
- Bookcase assembly accessory
- Fastener that's driven
- Fasten, in a way, with "in"
- To fix things, you need a prison officer
- Nail's kin
- It has a driver stuck in its head
- The pay that keeps seamen going
- It's groovy
- Loose bolt?
- The driver will help fix it
- Fastener with threading
- Fastener with a twist
- One taking turns at driving the ship
- Fastener twisted into wood
- At sea, can keep crews moving
- Prison officer driven home by a twister
- It has a head and a thread
- One taking the driver's turn?
- You may drive one in a garage
- "Righty tighty, lefty loosey" subject
- Fastener with a ridge
- The prison officer turned to go home
- Fastener tightened by rotating
- Twisted-in metal fastener
- Payment for motley crews
- Pay for something in the hardware store?
- Driver's target
- Ridged fastener
- It needs a driver
- Phillips ___
- Prison officer with his own driver?
- Goof (around)
- It's similar to a bolt
- Prison officer's pay?
- Turning point in construction?
- Type of fastener
- Fastener with a thread
- Mess (up)
- Fastener turned by a Phillips-head
- Bolt relative
- Prison officer in need of a driver?
- Threaded hardware piece
- Twisty fastener
- One that might get turned into stone?
- Ship propeller
- Turning point in a DIY project?
- Fastener with threads
- It's turned (by a turnkey?)
- Pay in prison, perhaps
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 21, 2025
- New York Times - August 10, 2025
- Daily American - August 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 04, 2025
- Daily American - July 30, 2025
- New York Times - July 22, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 02, 2025
- LA Times - June 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 19, 2025
- New York Times - May 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 12, 2025
- USA Today - February 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2025
- LA Times - January 14, 2025
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