The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MORTISE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2000.
Carpenter's recess crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MORTISE | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Carpenter's recess
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- miter
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- dog
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- idle
- idling
- mall
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- mortise
- dovetail
Crossword Answer definitions
MORTISE noun- A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
- Stability; power of adhesion.
- To cut a mortise in.
- To join by a mortise and tenon.
- To adjust the horizontal space between selected pairs of letters; to kern.
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