Answer: SCREW
SCREW is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 123 times.
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
 - Bookcase assembly accessory
 - Fastener that's driven
 - Fasten, in a way, with "in"
 - Guard, to a con
 - It's groovy
 - Fastener with threading
 - Fastener with a twist
 - Fastener twisted into wood
 - You may drive one in a garage
 - "Righty tighty, lefty loosey" subject
 - Twisted-in metal fastener
 - Driver's target
 - Goof (around)
 - It needs a driver
 - Phillips ___
 - It's similar to a bolt
 - Turning point in construction?
 - Mess (up)
 - Fastener turned by a Phillips-head
 - Threaded hardware piece
 - One that might get turned into stone?
 - Ship propeller
 - Turning point in a DIY project?
 - Fastener with threads
 - Turn (in)
 - Phillips-head fastener
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - October 16, 2025
 - New York Times - August 10, 2025
 - New York Times - July 22, 2025
 - LA Times - June 28, 2025
 - New York Times - May 18, 2025
 - USA Today - February 10, 2025
 - LA Times - January 14, 2025
 - USA Today - August 29, 2024
 - USA Today - November 08, 2023
 - USA Today - August 08, 2023
 - LA Times - May 22, 2023
 - New York Times - May 21, 2023
 - LA Times - April 22, 2023
 - LA Times - February 19, 2023
 - New York Times - December 31, 2022
 - LA Times - August 29, 2022
 - USA Today - July 18, 2022
 - LA Times - May 22, 2022
 - LA Times - March 03, 2022
 - LA Times - February 13, 2022
 
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