If a carpenter nails a board crossing another board at an angle, you might say, “He nailed the board on ________.”
| CROSSWAYS | 330 |
| CROSSWISE | 302 |
| CRISS-CROSS | 137 |
| NR | 37 |
| CROOKED | 27 |
| AT AN ANGLE | 26 |
| SLANTWISE | 20 |
| ASLANT | 19 |
| ACROSS | 13 |
| AN ANGLE | 13 |
| ANGLE | 13 |
| DIAGONALLY | 11 |
| AT RIGHT ANGLES | 10 |
| BIAS | 10 |
| SLANCHWAYS | 9 |
| SIDEWAYS | 7 |
| CROSSWAY | 5 |
| SLANT | 5 |
| THE BIAS | 5 |
| CATTY-CORNERED | 4 |
| COCKEYED | 4 |
| DIAGONAL | 4 |
| SLANTED | 4 |
| SLANTWAYS | 4 |
| SLAUNCHWISE | 4 |
| ANTIGODLIN | 3 |
| ASKEW | 3 |
| CATAWAMPUS | 3 |
| CATTY-CORNER | 3 |
| CROSS | 3 |
| RIGHT ANGLES | 3 |
| SLANTING | 3 |
| SQUARE | 3 |
| ACROST | 2 |
| ANGLING | 2 |
| AT A SLANT | 2 |
| CRISS-CROSSING | 2 |
| CUT ACROSS | 2 |
| KITTY-CORNER | 2 |
| MITERED | 2 |
| NINETY-DEGREE ANGLE | 2 |
| SKEW-GEE | 2 |
| SLANCHWISE | 2 |
| TOP | 2 |
| A BIAS | 1 |
| A FORTY-FIVE DEGREES | 1 |
| A T | 1 |
| ACROSS ANOTHER BOARD | 1 |
| ACROSS EACH OTHER | 1 |
| ACROSS IT | 1 |
| ACROSS THE OTHER ONE | 1 |
| ACROSS TIMBER | 1 |
| ACROSS TO EACH OTHER | 1 |
| AN EK | 1 |
| ANGLEWISE | 1 |
| ANTIGOZLIN | 1 |
| AT A DIAGONAL | 1 |
| AT A FORTY-FIVE DEGREE ANGLE | 1 |
| AT A NINETY-DEGREE ANGLE | 1 |
| AT RIGHT ANGLE | 1 |
| ATHWART | 1 |
| BEVEL | 1 |
| BIAS-WAYS | 1 |
| BRACE | 1 |
| CADDY-WAMPUS | 1 |
| CATAWAMPUSED | 1 |
| CATER-BY | 1 |
| CATERING | 1 |
| CATTY-WAMP | 1 |
| CATTY-WAMPUS | 1 |
| CONTRARY TO THE OTHER | 1 |
| CORNERWAYS | 1 |
| CORNERWISE | 1 |
| CRANKSIDE | 1 |
| CRISS-CROSSED | 1 |
| CROSS ANGLE | 1 |
| CROSS ANGLES | 1 |
| CROSS IT | 1 |
| CROSS-ANGLE | 1 |
| CROSS-ANGLES | 1 |
| CROSSBAR | 1 |
| CROSS-BEAMED | 1 |
| CROSSING EACH OTHER | 1 |
| CROSS-LIKE | 1 |
| CROST | 1 |
| CUT STRAIGHT ACROSS | 1 |
| DIAGONALLY ACROSS | 1 |
| EDGE ON THE OTHER ONE | 1 |
| EDGEWISE | 1 |
| FORTY-FIVE DEGREES | 1 |
| HE TOED IT | 1 |
| IN A CROSS | 1 |
| KITTY-CORNERED | 1 |
| KITTY-KI-SLAUNCH | 1 |
| LAP | 1 |
| LENGTHWAYS | 1 |
| NINETY-DEGREE | 1 |
| OBLIQUELY | 1 |
| ONE ACROSS THE OTHER | 1 |
| OPPOSITE THE OTHER | 1 |
| OTHER SIDE FROM | 1 |
| OVER | 1 |
| OVERLAPPING | 1 |
| PERPENDICULAR | 1 |
| RIGHT ANGLE | 1 |
| SCHLAUNCHWISE | 1 |
| SCREW-GEE | 1 |
| SI-GOGGLING | 1 |
| SQUEE-JAW | 1 |
| THE DIAGONAL | 1 |
| THE SLANT | 1 |
| TO RIGHT ANGLES | 1 |
| TOP OF | 1 |
| X-BRACE | 1 |
| X-BRACING | 1 |
| X-LIKE | 1 |
| X-WAYS | 1 |
| X-WISE | 1 |
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