Crossword Clue: Joint where a watch sits
Here's the answer to the Joint where a watch sits crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: WRIST
"Joint where a watch sits" points to WRIST, a 5-letter entry that starts with W and finishes on T and carries 1 vowel. Because every square it occupies also belongs to a down or across answer crossing it, you can often back into WRIST from the letters around it rather than the clue alone.
Origin & meaning
The wrist links the hand to the forearm and is made of eight small bones that give it great flexibility. Its complex arrangement of tendons allows the fine finger movements used in writing and typing.
Common usage
Compact, single-vowel answers such as WRIST are a constructor's staple: they slot into a 5-square space and play nicely in both directions. Solvers who recognize it on sight save real time on the daily puzzle.
Crossword trivia
Wrist belongs to the small vocabulary of words that appear constantly in grids. Because it's only 5 letters, editors can drop it almost anywhere, which is why regular solvers know it on sight.
Stuck on this clue?
Stuck on "Joint where a watch sits"? Don't force it — solve the clues crossing this slot instead. One or two intersecting letters usually make WRIST obvious. Working from the crossings is the single most useful habit for getting faster.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue WRIST — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "A 5-letter slot and a clue like 'Joint where a watch sits'? That's WRIST nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed WRIST was right."
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing WRIST into the grid took no time at all."