Crossword-Solution: SPINE 5 letters, 172 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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Word Word Type Definition
Spine n. A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
Spine n. A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
Spine n. One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
Spine n. The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called
from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
Spine n. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

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SPINE anagram ENPIS, INSEP, PENIS, PINES, SNIPE

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"Do they so want peace . . . that they've lost their ___?"—Page. 1 answer
"My ___ split from carrying us up the hill" 1 answer
2004 They Might Be Giants album (with "The") 1 answer
BACK of book 1 answer
Back line? 1 answer
Back of a bound book. 1 answer
Back of the book 1 answer
Back part of a book 1 answer
Backbone of a book 1 answer
Ballsiness 1 answer
Body part mentioned in "That Old Black Magic" 1 answer
Body part that's a metaphor for courage 1 answer
Body part with discs 1 answer
Book and body part 1 answer
Book backbone 1 answer
Book backing 1 answer
Book identifier, often 1 answer
Book or body part 1 answer
Book part that displays a title 1 answer
Book title location 1 answer
Book title location, typically 1 answer
Book title spot 1 answer
Book title's place 1 answer
Book's back 1 answer
Book's backbone 1 answer
Book's backing 1 answer
Book's side 1 answer
Bookbinder's back 1 answer
Bookbinder's item 1 answer
Bookbinding piece 1 answer
CACTUS plant process 1 answer
Cactus bristle. 1 answer
Cactus defence 1 answer
Cactus feature 1 answer
Cactus needle 1 answer
Chiropractic concentration 1 answer
Chiropractor's domain 1 answer
Chiropractor's focus 1 answer
Chiropractor's target 1 answer
Chiropractors work it 1 answer
Contortionist's bendy part 1 answer
Coward's lack, figuratively 1 answer
Cracked part of a used book 1 answer
Epidural site 1 answer
Backbone structure in the body 1 answer
Firm resolution 1 answer
Fish leftover 1 answer
Guts, oddly 1 answer
Guts, so to speak 1 answer
Hard section of a textbook, perhaps 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SPINE (5)

Chauvelin himself as he gazed round the deserted room, where presently the weird hero would appear, felt a strange feeling of awe creeping all down his spine.
The Scarlet Pimpernel Baroness Orczy 1993
Hope not, for there is no hope.” Though our eyes instantly turned toward the spot from which the voice seemed to emanate, there was no one in sight, and I must admit that cold shivers played along my spine and the short hairs at the base of my head stiffened and rose up, as do those upon a hound’s neck when in the night his eyes see those uncanny things which are hidden from the sight of man.
The Gods of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Would he reach the door in time? What if the Heliumite should have already emerged and he should run upon him in the passageway? Astok felt a cold chill run up his spine.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Grown careless from months of continued safety, during which time he had seen no dangerous animals during the daylight hours, he had left his rifles and revolvers all within the little cabin, and now that he saw the great ape crashing through the underbrush directly toward him, and from a direction which practically cut him off from escape, he felt a vague little shiver play up and down his spine.
Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Why rob the poor creature of life and liberty, when it would be so easy a thing to restore both to it! He was sure from the fact that the panther moved all its limbs in its futile struggle for freedom that its spine was uninjured, and for the same reason he knew that none of its limbs were broken.
The Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993

Quotes with SPINE (3)

Yelena, you've driven me crazy. You've caused me considerable trouble and I've contemplated ending your life twice since I've known you." Valek's warm breath in my ear sent a shiver down my spine." But you’ve slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.”“That sounds more like a poison than a person,” was all I could say. His confession had both shocked and thrilled me.“Exactly,” Valek replied. “You have poisoned me.
Maria V. Snyder Poison Study
As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.
Kristin Hannah Summer Island
I look at you and see all the ways a soul can bruise, and I wish I could sink my hands into your flesh and light lanterns along your spine so you know that there's nothing but light when I see you.
Shinji Moon The Anatomy of Being
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 269 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).