Clues for the word "SOCKET"
We've had 30 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 46 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on June 07, 2026.
Definition of socket
- n. - An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
- n. - Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
Referring Clues
- Kind of wrench
- Hole in the wall?
- Eye holder
- Bulb holder
- Wall fixture
- Eyehole in a skull
- Type of wrench
- Light bulb's place
- Bulb's place
- Where a plug goes
- Plug's place
- One having a ball?
- Bulb setting
- It'll keep an eye on you?
- Spot to make a connection
- Place for a plug
- Holder of an eye or a light bulb
- Eye or bulb's place
- What an eyeball fits into
- Plug hole?
- Receiver of a plug
- It may well receive a lot of plugging
- Punch alien in port
- Place for a phone charger
- Where the plug goes for a receiver
- Electrical outlet
- Place for a bulb
- Certain wrench component
- Lightbulb's place
- Ball pit?
Last Seen In
- New York Times - June 07, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2025
- USA Today - November 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 23, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 26, 2022
- New York Times - September 18, 2017
- USA Today - July 19, 2017
- Netword - July 16, 2017
- Universal - July 01, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 24, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 09, 2016
- Universal - September 12, 2016
- LA Times - May 03, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 15, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 03, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 24, 2014
- Washington Post - September 07, 2014
- LA Times - December 16, 2013
- USA Today - October 02, 2013
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 20, 2013
- USA Today - February 19, 2013
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 09, 2012
- Post Puzzler - April 08, 2012
- Guardian Quiptic - April 02, 2012
- Universal - August 04, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 08, 2010
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 22, 2009
- And in 16 more crossword puzzles...