Word "SCREW" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
someone who guards prisoners
Synonyms:
gaoler, jailer, jailor, prison guard, turnkey

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
Synonyms:
screw propeller

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
Synonyms:
drive in
Examples:
drive in screws or bolts

Crossword Clues for SCREW

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Clue Source Date
Item in an Ikea kit LA Times Daily 19 Feb 2026
Spiral fastener (5) Puzzler 17 Feb 2026
Prison warder, to prisoners The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 17 Feb 2026
Prison officer and con The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Feb 2026
Metal pin with a thread Puzzler Backwords 03 Feb 2026
Threaded hardware Eugene Sheffer 31 Jan 2026
Fastener The Telegraph Quick 30 Jan 2026
Bookcase fastener Newsday 29 Jan 2026
Threaded fastener (5) Mirror Classic 24 Jan 2026
Propeller type Thomas Joseph 24 Jan 2026
____top, type of wine bottle disliked by some The Telegraph Plusword 19 Jan 2026
Work in small personnel (5) Mirror Cryptic 16 Jan 2026
Metal fastener (5) Mirror Quick 16 Jan 2026
Thread with a head Newsday 03 Jan 2026
Threaded nail Newsday 28 Dec 2025
Fastening bolt Puzzler Backwords 16 Dec 2025
Threaded fastener (5) Mirror Classic 20 Nov 2025
Fastening bolt Puzzler Backwords 13 Nov 2025
Phillips-head fastener USA Today 16 Oct 2025
Fastener The Telegraph Quick 03 Oct 2025
Metal pin with a thread Puzzler Backwords 12 Sep 2025
Threaded fastener Commuter 29 Aug 2025
Threaded fastener (5) Mirror Classic 25 Aug 2025
Threaded fastener Universal 16 Aug 2025
Threaded fastener Commuter 12 Aug 2025
Turn (in) New York Times 10 Aug 2025
Fastening bolt Puzzler Backwords 25 Jul 2025
Fastener with threads New York Times 22 Jul 2025
Threaded fastener (5) Mirror Classic 15 Jul 2025
Threaded fastener Commuter 10 Jul 2025
Ship's company is after small propeller (5)
Fastener with a threaded shank
Small team for prison guard
Turning point in a DIY project? LA Times Daily 28 Jun 2025
Furniture assembly accessory Newsday 26 Jun 2025
Fastening bolt Puzzler Backwords 22 Jun 2025
Short ghost story by Henry James (3,4,2,3,5)
Salary for a prison warder (5)
Southern sailors twist (5) Puzzler Cryptic 25 May 2025
PlusWord No 1099 solution The Telegraph Plusword 25 May 2025
"Honey, why don't we get drunk and ___?" (extremely subtle line from Jimmy Buffett)
To fix things, you need a prison officer
Turn and tighten (5)
Ship propeller New York Times 18 May 2025
Prison officer (slang)
Southern group of workers getting metal pin (5)
"The Turn of the ___": (Henry James)(5)
Prison officer driven home by a twister (5)
Threaded fastener Newsday 22 Apr 2025
Carpenter's fastener Family Time 21 Apr 2025
At sea, can keep crews moving (5)
Metal pin with a thread Puzzler Backwords 15 Apr 2025
It's used by the joiner in making the propeller (5)
Threaded fastener Mirror Classic 08 Apr 2025
The kind of driver for a propeller (5)
Nail alternative Wall Street Journal 18 Mar 2025
One taking turns at driving the ship (5)
Spiralled wood fastener (5)
Prison officer's salary (5)
Turn at quarter to eight (5)
Spiral wood fastener
Twist southern company (5)
Fastening bolt Puzzler Backwords 25 Feb 2025
Prison officer with his own driver (5)
It will take turns to work (5)
Threaded fastener USA Today 10 Feb 2025
Threaded pin (5)
Southern ship's company producing a propeller (5)
Threaded fastener Mirror Classic 01 Feb 2025
A propeller fastener (5)
Spiral nail (5)
Prison warder is mad if he has one loose (5)
One that might get turned into stone? LA Times Daily 14 Jan 2025
Wages for stoker initially - and the other men on board (5)
Wind a kind of thread (5)
Billiards shot in which the cue ball is hit below its centre causing it to recoil after hitting the object ball Mirror Quiz 13 Jan 2025
Twisty fastener USA Today 12 Jan 2025
Guard the little metal object (5)
The driver will help fix it (5)
Small hardware item with a "+" or "-" on its head
Threaded hardware Eugene Sheffer 26 Dec 2024
Word before "driver" to mean a tool
Container of paper turned into wood
"___ it!" (quitter's words)
One taking the driveros turn? (5)
Prison guard The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 02 Dec 2024
Treaded fastener (5)
Nut's hardware partner
It's turned (by a turnkey?) (5)
Cheat on salary (5)
Henry James novel, The Turn of the
Michelle Dockery film, The Turn Of The ...
"The Turn of the ___" (book by Henry James) (5)
It needs a driver to enter the wood (5)
A means of fixing wages (5)
Form of propeller (5)
Propeller shape Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2024
Threaded fastener Commuter 30 Oct 2024
The Turn of the _, Benjamin Britten opera (5)
Threaded fastener Mirror Classic 21 Oct 2024
Carpentry fastener Family Time 14 Oct 2024
Pay the s-sailors (5)
The pay that keeps seamen going (5)
Salary for s-seaman (5)
Threaded fastener New York Times Mini 30 Sep 2024
Hit : nail :: twist : ___
Prison officer (sl.); 45 Across The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 26 Sep 2024
Sharp-pointed metal pin (5)
Prefix with "driver" to mean a cocktail
Turner (of Archimedes?) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 18 Sep 2024
Metal fastener Commuter 18 Sep 2024
Carpentry fastener Family Time 15 Sep 2024
Spirally threaded fastener (5)
Threaded fastener Mirror Classic 01 Sep 2024
Threaded hardware piece 8/29 USA Today 29 Aug 2024
Earnings of small ship's company (5)
The Turn of the ____, Henry James novella The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 27 Aug 2024
A kind of driver - it has a certain pitch (5)
Threaded fastener Commuter 20 Aug 2024
Southern sailors twist (5) Puzzler Cryptic 13 Aug 2024
Threaded hardware Eugene Sheffer 01 Aug 2024
Threaded fastener Mirror Classic 28 Jul 2024
Hinge fastener
Warder's wages The Times Quick Cryptic 18 Jul 2024
Metal fastener The Telegraph Mini 05 Jul 2024
Fastening bolt Puzzler Backwords 05 Jul 2024
It's driven home in a roundabout way by its driver (5)
Threaded fastener Commuter 03 Jul 2024
Small company requiring a driver? (5)
Fastener held on by a thread (5)
Threaded fastener Commuter 22 Jun 2024
Fastening bolt Puzzler Backwords 18 Jun 2024
Prison officer's pay? (5)
Snooker shot where a cue ball, hit below centre, recoils after hitting the object ball (5)
Threaded joiner (5)
Pay by a quarter to eight (5)
What they cheat you over in the hardware shop? (5)
Tighten by turning, ... on
Cheat prison officer (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 01 Jun 2024
Tighten up on one's salary? (5)
Small item in a hardware store
It's driven home in a roundabout way
Auger shape Wall Street Journal 16 May 2024
Prop fastener (5)
Bit of threaded hardware New York Times Mini 13 May 2024
Billiards shot in which the cue ball is hit below its centre causing it to recoil after hitting the object ball (5) Mirror Quiz 06 May 2024
Direction to all hands to get the ship moving?
Propeller guard (5)
The salary a warder is given (5)
Con's guard
Small purchase at a hardware store
The Turn of the ___, Henry James ghost story (5)
Warder is frequently given a turn (5)
Ship's primary means of propulsion using blades?
Prison officer in need of a driver? (5)
Threaded fastener Newsday 24 Mar 2024
Coupling _ _ _ _ _ - helps to prevent oscillation of coaches and wagons at high speed (5)
Fastener with a helical thread
Threaded fastener Mirror Classic 19 Mar 2024
Thing with a thread Newsday 15 Mar 2024
It may be used for adjusting salary, perhaps (5)
Prefix with "driver" to mean an everyday tool
Threaded fastener LA Times Mini 06 Mar 2024
Bolt relative
Metal fastener; salary The Telegraph Quick 26 Feb 2024
Metal fastener; salary (5)
Prefix with "driver" for a fastening tool
Fastener fitting into a nut Premier Sunday 25 Feb 2024
Wood fastener Newsday 20 Feb 2024
Threaded metal fastener The Times Concise 16 Feb 2024
Canadian-invented workshop fastener, Robertson ___
Payment made when the gang are at their wits' end
Head-turning bit?
Personnel pursuing small fastener
Snooker shot in which the cue ball is hit below centre causing it to recoil after hitting the object ball (5)
Threaded metal fastener
Threaded fastener Mirror Classic 14 Jan 2024
Cheat with threaded nail (5) Puzzler Cryptic 06 Jan 2024
Propeller type Thomas Joseph 04 Jan 2024
Prison officer (inf) (5)
Word before "driver" to mean a tool
Rip off the fastener (5)
One's driven by double-cross (5)
Twisted-in metal fastener Newsday 13 Nov 2023
Metal fastener USA Today 08 Nov 2023
Prison officer’s wage The Times Quick Cryptic 24 Oct 2023
Wages of small company The Telegraph Toughie 24 Oct 2023
Prefix with "driver" for a fastening tool
One may have a flat head Universal 27 Aug 2023
Bookcase fastener Newsday 11 Aug 2023
Metallic fastener
Hinge fastener
Prefix with "driver" to mean a tool
Carpenter's fastener LA Times Daily 22 May 2023
Mess (up) New York Times 21 May 2023
Nail's threaded alternative, in the toolbox
Nail alternative Wall Street Journal 13 May 2023
Hardware item LA Times Daily 22 Apr 2023
Guard's company The Guardian Cryptic 12 Apr 2023
Fastener with a thread USA Today 19 Mar 2023
Threaded fastener?
Bit of hardware LA Times Daily 19 Feb 2023
Fastening The Telegraph Quick 10 Feb 2023
Woodworker's fastener USA Today 28 Jan 2023
Turning point in construction? New York Times 31 Dec 2022
Propeller The Guardian Quick 06 Dec 2022
Threaded fastener Thomas Joseph 23 Nov 2022
Propeller shape Thomas Joseph 28 Oct 2022
Word before "driver" to mean a tool
Crews (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 01 Oct 2022
Ship's propeller The Times Concise 02 Sep 2022
Threaded fastener LA Times Daily 29 Aug 2022
Second team's swindle The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Aug 2022
Hinge fastener
It's similar to a bolt USA Today 18 Jul 2022
Con fixer The Guardian Cryptic 07 Jul 2022
"Cork" follower to mean a bottle opening tool
Carpentry fastener LA Times Daily 22 May 2022
Threaded fastener Thomas Joseph 17 May 2022
It's followed by "driver" to mean a popular drink
"Driver" lead-in to mean a tool
Fastener twisted into wood Newsday 11 Apr 2022
Prefix with "driver" to mean an everyday tool
Threaded metal fastener
Phillips __
Phillips __ LA Times Daily 03 Mar 2022
Prefix with "driver" for a fastening tool
It needs a driver LA Times Daily 13 Feb 2022
It needs a driver
Fastener twisted into wood Newsday 17 Jan 2022
Threaded fastener Universal 06 Jan 2022
Alternative to a nail USA Today 09 Dec 2021
Carpenter's fastener LA Times Daily 06 Dec 2021
Metal fastener The Telegraph Quick 22 Nov 2021
Goof (around) New York Times 26 Sep 2021
Fastener that may be loose Universal 25 Aug 2021
Con warder
Bit of hardware LA Times Daily 18 Aug 2021
Bit of hardware
Wood or metal fastener Universal 09 Aug 2021
Metal fastener The Telegraph Quick 01 Aug 2021
9 seconds taken by men
It has a head and a thread Universal 04 Jul 2021
Ridged fastener USA Today 16 May 2021
Wood fastener Newsday 12 May 2021
Driver's target
Driver's target LA Times Daily 14 Mar 2021
Propeller type Thomas Joseph 13 Jan 2021
Fastener twisted into wood Newsday 11 Jan 2021
Nail alternative
Nail alternative LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2021
Remuneration for prison guard? The Sun Two Speed 31 Dec 2020
Twist The Sun Two Speed 31 Dec 2020
Word with "driver" to mean a tool or a cocktail
Loosens crewel segment to get to the fastener
Groovy fastening tool
Threaded hardware Eugene Sheffer 06 Aug 2020
Prison warder put in an impossible position
Threaded hardware
Threaded fastener Newsday 21 Jun 2020
What propels boat south: rowers The Sun Two Speed 31 May 2020
Fastener with a tapered threaded shank
Twisted-in metal fastener Newsday 04 May 2020
What propels boat south -- oarsmen? The Telegraph Cryptic 28 Apr 2020
Fastener tightened by rotating USA Today 25 Apr 2020
Carpenter's fastener USA Today 19 Apr 2020
Defraud small company
Fastener with a ridge USA Today 11 Apr 2020
'Righty tighty, lefty loosey' subject USA Today 16 Mar 2020
Helical thread The Times Concise 14 Mar 2020
Threaded fastener USA Today 15 Dec 2019
Rob gets wages
First in sewing team, one has a thread
Prefix with "driver"
Threaded fastener Thomas Joseph 28 Oct 2019
It has a head and a thread Wall Street Journal 28 Sep 2019
Metallic fastener
Casual wages of small gang The Telegraph Toughie 03 Sep 2019
Fastener with a twist New York Times 24 Jun 2019
Fastener with threading Universal 01 Jun 2019
Phillips-head hardware
Disaster team stopping to drink
Word before "driver" to mean a tool
Alternative to a nail USA Today 11 Apr 2019
Fastener, one on prison door?
It's groovy New York Times 24 Feb 2019
Endless men on boat in wind
Fastener with threading
Fastener with a twist
It's groovy
It has a head and a thread
Prison guard, slangily
Alternative to a nail
Threaded fastener similar to a bolt
Prison guard, slangily USA Today 07 Nov 2018
Metal fastener The Telegraph Quick 04 Sep 2018
Express finally comes to junction out east
Fasten, in a way, with 'in' New York Times 20 May 2018
Threaded bolt The Telegraph Quick 19 May 2018
Threaded hardware
Threaded hardware LA Times Daily 16 May 2018
Fastener that's driven USA Today 01 May 2018
Bookcase assembly accessory Newsday 20 Apr 2018
Threaded bit of hardware USA Today 13 Apr 2018
Thread holder New York Times 06 Apr 2018
Force men on ship, half cut The Telegraph Toughie 05 Apr 2018
Word with "driver" to mean a cocktail
Carpenter's fastener Universal 08 Mar 2018
Small man�s salary The Telegraph Toughie 16 Feb 2018
Prop in second team The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Jan 2018
Threaded bit of hardware
Fastener that's driven
Threaded hardware
Fasten, in a way, with "in"
Thread holder
Driven item
Do turn
Bookcase fastener Newsday 01 Oct 2017
Eyeglass kit item
Shed starts to take a short cut to cheat
A thread winds around it New York Times 13 May 2017
Nail alternative Universal 11 May 2017
Prison guard, slangily New York Times 10 May 2017
Word with ball or driver LA Times Daily 08 May 2017
Word with ball or driver
One locks up gang led by son The Telegraph Toughie 14 Mar 2017
Threaded fastener The Telegraph Quick 28 Feb 2017
Guard's son bragged loudly The Telegraph Toughie 13 Jan 2017
A thread winds around it
Word with ball or driver
Threaded fastener
Nail alternative
Prison guard, slangily
Fastener made by special workers on ship
Fastener, rivet The Telegraph Quick 27 Nov 2016
Bolt's team trailing behind second
Fastener that turns Universal 23 Nov 2016
Twist The Telegraph Quick 14 Oct 2016
Threaded metal fastener Newsday 05 Jul 2016
Carpentry fastener LA Times Daily 06 Jun 2016
Tapered fastener LA Times Daily 25 May 2016
Threaded fastener LA Times Daily 16 May 2016
Install, as a bulb, with 'in' New York Times 11 May 2016
Pay No 10, possibly
Hinge holder Universal 23 Apr 2016
Eyeglass kit item Wall Street Journal 19 Apr 2016
Hardware fastener LA Times Daily 17 Apr 2016
Threaded object Newsday 20 Feb 2016
Carpenter's fastener Family Time 15 Feb 2016
Stitch up something with a thread
Common fastener LA Times Daily 05 Feb 2016
Common fastener
Carpentry fastener
Threaded fastener
Tapered fastener
Bit of hardware USA Today 25 Dec 2015
Spirally threaded tack USA Today 04 Dec 2015
Carpenter's fastener Newsday 16 Sep 2015
Propeller The Telegraph Quick 09 Sep 2015
*Hardware insertion point LA Times Daily 17 Jul 2015
Woodworker's fastener Newsday 29 Jun 2015
Head-turner's hardware? LA Times Daily 04 Jun 2015
Piece of hardware Eugene Sheffer 24 Mar 2015
Apply backspin (snooker) The Telegraph Quick 21 Mar 2015
Direction followed by ship's complement that drives it The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Feb 2015
One of the simple machines
Spirally threaded tack
Woodworker's fastener
Eyeglass kit item
Head-turner's hardware?
Bit of hardware
Carpenter's fastener
Carpenter's fastener
*Hardware insertion point
It may go into a nut
Thumb thing
Threaded fastener
One turning to enter?
Item in the hardware department with a "+" or "-" on its head
Flathead, for one
It might be in one's kitchen cabinet?
Bookcase-kit item
Prison guard, in slang
Spirally threaded tack
Bad thing to have loose
Thread site
Archimedes' ___ (ancient water-transport machine)
Thread holder?
Bad thing to have loose
Drywall fastener
Word with "cork" or "thumb"
You may make its head turn
Turnkey
Threaded fastener
Carpenter's fastener
Alternative to a nail
It may have a slotted head
One whose head is turned
Fastener that turns
What propels boat south – men at oar
Door-hinge holder
Carpentry fastener
Bookcase-kit item
Twisted fastener
Hoosegow honcho
Carpenter's tool
Word before ball or driver
Phillips-head hardware
Twisted fastener
Thread site
Thread site
Threaded nail
Threaded securer
It has a groovy head
One of the simple machines
Bit of hardware
A simple machine
Vise closer
"The Turn of the ___"
Bit of hardware
Hinge holder
Fastener that may have a Phillips head
Handyman's fastener
Threaded fastener
Nail's cousin
It's twisted
Fastener with a slotted head
Simple machine
A carpenter may drive it
A driver turns it
Prison guard, to a con
Threaded bit of hardware
Vise closer
Fastening device
Summon (up), as courage
Wood fastener
Summon (up), as courage
Propeller shape
Boat propeller
It's driven
"The Turn of the ___"
Propeller type
Twisted fastener
Item driven by a carpenter
Fastener that's twisted in
Hoosegow honcho
Nail alternative
Threaded fastener
Phillips head item
Archimedes' __
You can turn its head
Propeller
Threaded bolt
Relative of a bolt
It fits into a nut
It gets driven
Something to drive
Propeller type
Wood connector, often
It could be a board member?
Contort by twisting
Wood fastener
You can turn its head
"The Turn of the ___"
Nail relative
Nail alternative
You may make its head turn
Cork follower
Contort by twisting
Alternative to a nail
Nail alternative
Turn in?
Drywall fastener
Certain fastener
Auger shape
It's often driven into a wall
Guard, slangily
One with a helical thread
Prison guard, slangily
Tapered fastener
Twist (in)
Turned fastener
Threaded fastener
Bolt feature
Propeller type
Propeller shape
Take advantage of
Metal fastener
Threaded fastener
Guard in the yard
"The Turn of the __"
It has a groovy head
Wood fastener
Attach, in a way
It needs to be threaded
Prison guard
Wood fastener
Attach, in a way
Spiral pin
Fasten
Word with cork or thumb
Cork follower
Hardware item
Phillips head, e.g.
"The Turn of the _____"
Metal fastener
Turned fastener
Nail's kin
Kind of propeller
Flat-headed fastener
Metal fastener
Carpentry fastener
Propeller
Second squad's salary
Word with driver or ball
It might have a Phillips head
Flathead, for one
Twist
Tiny toolbox item
Con tender
Propeller type
Propeller sort
Threads make it work
Twisted fastener
Word after cork or thumb
Prison guard, in the yard
Prison guard, in slang
Phillips-head, e.g.
Propeller
Wood connector
Phillips head item
It can go in brackets
Tool box object
Machine part
Turnkey
Kind of thread
Item in a hardware bin
Metal fastener
"The Turn of the ___": James
Kind of ball or driver
Fastening device
Propelling device
Something to drive
Fastener
Ship's propeller
Kind of driver
Driver or ball header
Word with cork or thumb
Something often loose
Cork or thumb
"Turn of the ___"
Ship propeller
Cork or thumb appliance
Driver or ball
Propeller
Small packet of tobacco.
Part of an ocean liner.
Carpenter's device.
Fastening device.
Propeller.
Metal fastener.
___ pine.
Thumb ___.
Nail-like device.
"The Turn of the ___."
Fool around
Sharp bargainer.
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