Name a tool you would find in a toolbox

Last seen Dive #59. 627 accepted answers on the published sheet.

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Hint 1. 627 accepted answers. A strong pick is a single word, about 10 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Chisel

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Spokeshave · 100 pts

Best safe pick
Spokeshave One in a Krillion 100 pts

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Best rare answers

  • Spokeshave 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Adze 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Auger 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Azebiki 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Blowtorch 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Borescope 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Brace 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Bradawl 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Chisel 60 pts
  • Flashlight 60 pts
  • Hacksaw 60 pts
  • Level 60 pts
  • Mallet 60 pts
  • Pencil 60 pts
  • Ratchet 60 pts
  • Ruler 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Hammer 10
  • Screwdriver 10
  • Wrench 10

All accepted answers

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a tool you would find in a toolbox

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 596 ● Rare · 23 ● Schooler · 4 ● Plankton · 3
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Spokeshave +100
Deep Cut +85 596 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adze +85
  • Air Hammer +85
  • Angle Finder +85
  • Angle grinder +85
  • Annular Cutter +85
  • Armoured Cable Cutter +85
  • Auger +85
  • Awl +85
  • Azebiki +85
  • Bailey Plane +85
  • Ball Joint Separator +85
  • Ball-End Hex Key +85
  • Ball-peen hammer +85
  • Band Clamp +85
  • Basin Wrench +85
  • Bastard File +85
  • Battery Terminal Cleaner +85
  • Battery Terminal Puller +85
  • Battery Tester +85
  • Battery Torque Wrench +85
  • Beading Tool +85
  • Bearing Puller +85
  • Bending Pliers +85
  • Bent-Nose Pliers +85
  • Bevel-Edge Chisel +85
  • Bicycle Multitool +85
  • Bicycle Pump +85
  • Biscuit Joiner +85
  • Bit Holder +85
  • Blowtorch +85
  • Bolt cutters +85
  • Bore Gauge +85
  • Borescope +85
  • Bottom Bracket Tool +85
  • Bow Drill +85
  • Bow Saw +85
  • Brace +85
  • Brad Point Bit +85
  • Bradawl +85
  • Brake Pad Thickness Gauge +85
  • Brake Spring Pliers +85
  • Brake Spring Tool +85
  • Breaker bar +85
  • Breaker-Grozier Pliers +85
  • Brick Jointer +85
  • Bristol Wrench +85
  • Broach +85
  • Bucksaw +85
  • Bullnose Plane +85
  • Burin +85
  • Burnisher +85
  • Bush Hammer +85
  • Butt Gauge +85
  • Cable Cutter +85
  • Cable Detector +85
  • Cable Tester +85
  • Cable Tie Gun +85
  • Calipers +85
  • Can Wrench +85
  • Carcass Saw +85
  • Card Scraper +85
  • Cartridge Puller +85
  • Cassette Lockring Tool +85
  • Caulk gun +85
  • Center Bit +85
  • Center Gauge +85
  • Center punch +85
  • Chain Tool +85
  • Chain Whip +85
  • Chain Wrench +85
  • Chalk line +85
  • Chamfer Plane +85
  • Chariot Plane +85
  • Circuit Breaker Finder +85
  • Clamp +85
  • Clamp Meter +85
  • Clamp-On Vise +85
  • Clinometer +85
  • Clip Pliers +85
  • Clutch-Head Screwdriver +85
  • Coax Stripper +85
  • Cobbler's Hammer +85
  • Coggeshall Slide Rule +85
  • Combination Plane +85
  • Compass Plane +85
  • Compression Tester +85
  • Concrete Float +85
  • Conduit Bender +85
  • Cone Wrench +85
  • Cooper's Adze +85
  • Cooper's Croze +85
  • Cooper's Driver +85
  • Cooper's Howel +85
  • Coping saw +85
  • Copper Crimping Tool +85
  • Copper Mallet +85
  • Cordless Ratchet +85
  • Corner Chisel +85
  • Corner Clamp +85
  • Cotter Pin Puller +85
  • Counterbore Bit +85
  • Countersink +85
  • Crank Puller +85
  • Crimpers +85
  • Crosscut Saw +85
  • Crowfoot Wrench +85
  • Cut-Off Tool +85
  • Dado Plane +85
  • Dead blow hammer +85
  • Deburring tool +85
  • Deep Socket +85
  • Depth Gauge +85
  • Desoldering Pump +85
  • Detonator Crimping Pliers +85
  • Dial Indicator +85
  • Diamond Blade +85
  • Diamond Core Bit +85
  • Diamond Disc Cutter +85
  • Die Grinder +85
  • Disc Cutter +85
  • Dividers +85
  • Double-Hex Bit +85
  • Dovetail Saw +85
  • Dozuki +85
  • Drain Snake +85
  • Drain-Cleaning Bladder +85
  • Drawknife +85
  • Drift Pin +85
  • Drift Punch +85
  • Drill Gauge +85
  • Drill Press Vise +85
  • Drove Chisel +85
  • Drum Wrench +85
  • Drywall Hammer +85
  • Drywall Screw Gun +85
  • Electric Planer +85
  • Electric screwdriver +85
  • Electrician's Scissors +85
  • Electrician's Screwdriver +85
  • End Nippers +85
  • Expansive Bit +85
  • Extension Bar +85
  • F-Clamp +85
  • Faucet Key +85
  • Faucet Seat Wrench +85
  • Feeler gauge +85
  • Fencing Pliers +85
  • File +85
  • Fillister Plane +85
  • Firmer Chisel +85
  • Fish Tape +85
  • Fishtail Chisel +85
  • Flare Nut Wrench +85
  • Flaring Tool +85
  • Flexible Shaft Bit +85
  • Flooring Clamp +85
  • Flooring Saw +85
  • Flush Cut Saw +85
  • Flush Cutters +85
  • Folding Hex Key Set +85
  • Folding Utility Knife +85
  • Fore Plane +85
  • Forstner Bit +85
  • Frame Saw +85
  • Framing Hammer +85
  • Frearson Screwdriver +85
  • Fret Saw +85
  • Froe +85
  • Froe Club +85
  • Fuel Pressure Gauge +85
  • Gas Detector +85
  • Gear Puller +85
  • Genno +85
  • Gimlet +85
  • Glass Cutter +85
  • Glass Drill Bit +85
  • Glazier's Hacking Knife +85
  • Glue gun +85
  • Gouge +85
  • Grease Gun +85
  • Grout Float +85
  • Gunsmith Screwdriver +85
  • Hacking Knife +85
  • Half-Round File +85
  • Hammer Drill +85
  • Hammer Stapler +85
  • Hand Auger +85
  • Hand Reamer +85
  • Hand Riveter +85
  • Hand Scraper +85
  • Hand Screw Clamp +85
  • Hand Seamer +85
  • Hand Vise +85
  • Handheld Router +85
  • Hardpoint Saw +85
  • Hardy Tool +85
  • Harmonic Balancer Puller +85
  • Hatchet +85
  • Head Torch +85
  • Heat gun +85
  • Height Gauge +85
  • Helping Hands +85
  • Hewing Hatchet +85
  • Hex Bit +85
  • Hobby Knife +85
  • Hog Ring Pliers +85
  • Holdfast +85
  • Hole Punch +85
  • Hole Saw +85
  • Hollow and Round Planes +85
  • Honing Guide +85
  • Hook Blade +85
  • Hook Spanner +85
  • Horse Rasp +85
  • Hose Clamp Pliers +85
  • Hose Pick +85
  • Hot Air Gun +85
  • Hozobiki +85
  • Hub Puller +85
  • Immersion Heater Spanner +85
  • Impact driver +85
  • Impact Driver Bit +85
  • Impact Socket +85
  • Infrared Thermometer +85
  • Inshave +85
  • Inside Caliper +85
  • Inspection Camera +85
  • Inspection Lamp +85
  • Inspection mirror +85
  • Installer Bit +85
  • Insulated Screwdriver +85
  • Insulation Resistance Tester +85
  • Internal Pipe Wrench +85
  • Jack Plane +85
  • Japanese Chisel +85
  • Japanese Plane +85
  • Japanese Saw +85
  • Jemmy +85
  • Jigsaw +85
  • JIS screwdriver +85
  • Junior Hacksaw +85
  • Kataba +85
  • Kiridashi +85
  • Knockout Punch +85
  • Kugihiki +85
  • Laminate Trimmer +85
  • Laser Distance Measure +85
  • Leading Knife +85
  • Leak-Down Tester +85
  • Leather Punch +85
  • Left-Hand Bit +85
  • Line Laser Level +85
  • Line Level +85
  • Line Reel +85
  • Line Tester +85
  • Line Wrench +85
  • Lineman's pliers +85
  • Linoleum Knife +85
  • Lipped Adze +85
  • Lock Pick +85
  • Locking pliers +85
  • Long Tape +85
  • Loupe +85
  • Lug wrench +85
  • Machinist Square +85
  • Magnet +85
  • Magnetic Bit Holder +85
  • Magnetic Screwdriver +85
  • Magnetic Stud Finder +85
  • Mains Tester +85
  • Mandrel +85
  • Manometer +85
  • MAPP Gas Torch +85
  • Margin Trowel +85
  • Marker +85
  • Marking Gauge +85
  • Marking Knife +85
  • Mash Hammer +85
  • Mason's Hammer +85
  • Masonry Bit +85
  • Masonry Trowel +85
  • Mawashibiki +85
  • Measuring Wheel +85
  • Metre Stick +85
  • Micrometer +85
  • Mill File +85
  • Miter Box +85
  • Miter Clamp +85
  • Miter Square +85
  • Moisture Meter +85
  • Monkey wrench +85
  • Mortise Chisel +85
  • Mortise Gauge +85
  • Moulding Plane +85
  • Multimeter +85
  • Multitool +85
  • Nail Bar +85
  • Nail Claw +85
  • Nail gun +85
  • Nail Jack +85
  • Nail set +85
  • Needle File +85
  • Needle Nose Tweezers +85
  • Needle Scaler +85
  • Nibbler +85
  • Nipple Wrench +85
  • Notched Trowel +85
  • Nut driver +85
  • Nut Riveter +85
  • Nut Setter +85
  • OBD-II Scanner +85
  • Offset Screwdriver +85
  • Offset Wrench +85
  • Ohmmeter +85
  • Oil Filter Wrench +85
  • Oilstone +85
  • One-Way Screw Bit +85
  • Open-Ended Spanner +85
  • Oscillating multi-tool +85
  • Outside Caliper +85
  • Pad Saw +85
  • Paint Brush +85
  • Paint Sprayer +85
  • Panel Gauge +85
  • Panel Saw +85
  • Paraffin Blowlamp +85
  • Paring Chisel +85
  • Pedal Wrench +85
  • Pentalobe Screwdriver +85
  • Persian Drill +85
  • PEX Crimping Tool / PEX Expansion Tool +85
  • Pex Expansion Tool +85
  • Phillips Bit +85
  • Pick Set +85
  • Pin Hammer +85
  • Pin Punch +85
  • Pin Spanner +85
  • Pin Vise +85
  • Pincers +85
  • Pinch Bar +85
  • Pipe Bender +85
  • Pipe Clamp +85
  • Pipe cutter +85
  • Pipe Detector +85
  • Pipe Slice +85
  • Pipe Threader +85
  • Pipe wrench +85
  • Piston Ring Compressor +85
  • Piston Ring Pliers +85
  • Plane +85
  • Planishing Hammer +85
  • Plasterboard Saw +85
  • Plasterer's Trowel +85
  • Plastic Repair Welder +85
  • Plier Wrench +85
  • Plough Plane +85
  • Plug Cutter +85
  • Plugging Chisel +85
  • Plumb bob +85
  • Plumb Rule +85
  • Plunger +85
  • Plywood Saw +85
  • Pocket Screwdriver +85
  • Podger +85
  • Pointing Trowel +85
  • Post Level +85
  • Powder-Actuated Tool +85
  • Pozi Screwdriver +85
  • Precision screwdriver +85
  • Press Fitting Tool +85
  • Pritchel +85
  • Profile Gauge +85
  • Pry bar +85
  • Pump Drill +85
  • Punch Down Tool +85
  • Punch Set +85
  • Push Drill +85
  • Push-To-Connect Removal Tool +85
  • Putty knife +85
  • Pvc Cutter +85
  • Rabbet Plane +85
  • Race Knife +85
  • Radius Gauge +85
  • Raising Hammer +85
  • Random Orbit Sander +85
  • Rasp +85
  • Rat-Tail File +85
  • Ratchet Knife +85
  • Ratchet Wrench +85
  • Ratcheting Pipe Cutter +85
  • Ratcheting screwdriver +85
  • Rawhide Mallet +85
  • Razee Plane +85
  • Razor Scraper +85
  • Reamer +85
  • Receptacle Tester +85
  • Reciprocating saw +85
  • Riffler +85
  • Rigging Knife +85
  • Right-Angle Attachment +85
  • Right-Angle Drill +85
  • Ring Gauge +85
  • Rip Saw +85
  • Rivet gun +85
  • Robertson screwdriver +85
  • Rock Hammer +85
  • Roller Frame +85
  • Roofing Hatchet +85
  • Rotary Hammer +85
  • Rotary Saw +85
  • Rotary tool +85
  • Round-Nose Pliers +85
  • Router +85
  • Router Plane +85
  • Ryoba +85
  • Saddler's Awl +85
  • Sander +85
  • Sanding Sponge +85
  • Sash Saw +85
  • Sashigane +85
  • Saw Blade +85
  • Saw File +85
  • Saw Jointer +85
  • Saw Set +85
  • Saw Vise +85
  • Scale Ruler +85
  • Scraper +85
  • Scratch Awl +85
  • Scratch Stock +85
  • Screw Extractor +85
  • Screwdriver bits +85
  • Scriber +85
  • Scrub Plane +85
  • Scutch Hammer +85
  • SDS Bit +85
  • Security Bit +85
  • Self-Adjusting Wrench +85
  • Set Square +85
  • Shallow Socket +85
  • Sharpening Stone +85
  • Shave Hook +85
  • Sheet Metal Shear +85
  • Shoe Rasp +85
  • Shoulder Plane +85
  • Shove Knife +85
  • Shower Valve Socket Wrench +85
  • Side Knife +85
  • Sine Bar +85
  • Sink Auger +85
  • Skew Chisel +85
  • Slate Ripper +85
  • Slater's Stake +85
  • Sledgehammer +85
  • Slick +85
  • Slide hammer +85
  • Sliding Bevel +85
  • Sliding T-Handle +85
  • Slip-joint pliers +85
  • Slipstone +85
  • Smoothing Plane +85
  • Snap Gauge +85
  • Snap Gun +85
  • Snap ring pliers +85
  • Snap-Off Knife +85
  • Soapstone Marker +85
  • Socket Adapter +85
  • Soft-Face Hammer +85
  • Soldering Gun +85
  • Soldering iron +85
  • Soldering Torch +85
  • Spade Bit +85
  • Spanner-Head Bit +85
  • Spark Plug Gap Gauge +85
  • Spark Plug Socket +85
  • Speed Handle +85
  • Spider Wrench +85
  • Spill Plane +85
  • Spiral Ratchet Screwdriver +85
  • Spline Bit +85
  • Spline Roller +85
  • Spoke Wrench +85
  • Spring Bar Tool +85
  • Spud Wrench +85
  • Square +85
  • Square Bit +85
  • Stair Saw +85
  • Stanley Odd Jobs +85
  • Staple gun +85
  • Staple Knocker +85
  • Staple Nailer +85
  • Staple Remover +85
  • Star Drill +85
  • Steel Rule +85
  • Step Bit +85
  • Step Clamp +85
  • Stone Chisel +85
  • Strap Wrench +85
  • Stripping Knife +85
  • Stubby Screwdriver +85
  • Stud Extractor +85
  • Sumisashi +85
  • Sumitsubo +85
  • Swaging Tool +85
  • Swiss Army knife +85
  • Switchable Magnet +85
  • Swivel Socket +85
  • T-Auger +85
  • T-Handle Wrench +85
  • Tachometer +85
  • Tack Hammer +85
  • Tap and die +85
  • Tap Reseating Tool +85
  • Tap Wrench +85
  • Taping Knife +85
  • Tataki Nomi +85
  • Telescoping Gauge +85
  • Telescoping Magnet +85
  • Tenon Saw +85
  • Terminal Screwdriver +85
  • Test Light +85
  • Thread Chaser +85
  • Thread File +85
  • Thread Pitch Gauge +85
  • Thumb Plane +85
  • Tile Bit +85
  • Tile Cutter +85
  • Tile Nippers +85
  • Tile Scribe +85
  • Timing Light +85
  • Tin snips +85
  • Tinner's Hammer +85
  • Tinsmith's Stake +85
  • Tire Depth Gauge +85
  • Tire gauge +85
  • Tire Lever +85
  • Toggle Clamp +85
  • Toilet Auger +85
  • Toilet Flange Tool +85
  • Tommy Bar +85
  • Tone Generator +85
  • Tongue and Groove Plane +85
  • Tongue-and-groove pliers +85
  • Toothing Plane +85
  • Torq-Set Screwdriver +85
  • Torque Multiplier +85
  • Torque Screwdriver +85
  • Torque Stick +85
  • Torque wrench +85
  • Torx Bit +85
  • Torx Key +85
  • Torx Plus Bit +85
  • Torx screwdriver +85
  • Track Saw +85
  • Trammel Points +85
  • Transfer Punch +85
  • Trapezoid Blade +85
  • Travisher +85
  • Tri-Angle Bit +85
  • Tri-Point Screwdriver +85
  • Tri-Wing Screwdriver +85
  • Triangular File +85
  • Trigger Clamp +85
  • Trim Removal Tool +85
  • Triple-Square Bit +85
  • Trying Plane +85
  • Tuning Wrench +85
  • Turning Saw +85
  • Tweezers +85
  • Twybil +85
  • Vacuum Gauge +85
  • Valve Core Tool +85
  • Valve Spring Compressor +85
  • Veneer Hammer +85
  • Veneer Saw +85
  • Vise +85
  • Voltage tester +85
  • Wall Chaser +85
  • Warrington Hammer +85
  • Watch Case Opener +85
  • Welding Clamps +85
  • Wheelwright's Spokeshave +85
  • Whipsaw +85
  • Whittling Knife +85
  • Wiggler +85
  • Winding Stick +85
  • Wire brush +85
  • Wire Gauge +85
  • Wire Nut Driver +85
  • Wire Saw +85
  • Wire Snake +85
  • Wire strippers +85
  • Wobble Extension +85
  • Wood Auger +85
  • Woodworking Vise +85
  • Yariganna +85
  • Zax +85
Rare +60 23 answers — tap to reveal
  • Adjustable wrench +60
  • Allen wrench +60
  • Chisel +60
  • Circular saw +60
  • Claw hammer +60
  • Drill bits +60
  • Flashlight +60
  • Flathead screwdriver +60
  • Hacksaw +60
  • Level +60
  • Mallet +60
  • Needle-nose pliers +60
  • Pencil +60
  • Phillips screwdriver +60
  • Pocket knife +60
  • Ratchet +60
  • Ruler +60
  • Sandpaper +60
  • Scissors +60
  • Socket set +60
  • Stud finder +60
  • Utility knife +60
  • Wire cutters +60
Schooler +30 4 answers — tap to reveal
  • Drill +30
  • Pliers +30
  • Saw +30
  • Tape measure +30
Plankton +10 3 answers — tap to reveal
  • Hammer +10
  • Screwdriver +10
  • Wrench +10