Plank targets

The answer

ABS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABS answer page.

Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• CORES (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ABS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ABS, most used first.

• Tummy muscles - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunch targets - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack muscles - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit-up targets - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Belly muscles - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Core muscles - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Stomach muscles, for short - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Stomach muscles - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit-up muscles - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "Washboard" muscles - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack muscles, for short - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Tummy muscles, for short - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Bodybuilder's pride - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Stomach muscles, briefly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunched muscles - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunches work them - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Six-pack makeup - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack components - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Six-pack ___ - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack contents - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Core group? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Midriff muscles - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscles worked by planks - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Workout target - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Core muscles, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscles worked by crunches - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Gym rat's six-pack - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Washboard ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Exercise target - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Situp targets - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• College degrees. - used 9 times, most recently in 1977
• Core components - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Crunch targets, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunches strengthen them - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Midsection muscles - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Muscles to crunch - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Situp muscles - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Iron pumper's pride - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Stomach muscles, informally - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Belly muscles, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Middle muscles - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Sit-up beneficiaries - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Six-pack set - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Targets of crunches - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Bodybuilder's concern - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Bodybuilder's "washboard" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Pecs' neighbors - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Six-pack units - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Toning targets - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Remote targets - TVS, used 25 times
• Fertilization targets - OVA, used 21 times
• Curve of a ship's plank - SNY, used 14 times

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