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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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