Dunce

The answer

ASS

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1998; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 2 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.

• AIRHEAD (9 uses in xd)
• BOOB (9 uses in xd)
• IDIOT (7 uses in xd)
• NITWIT (5 uses in xd)
• CLOD (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for ASS

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

• Donkey - used 440 times, most recently in 2026
• Beast of burden - used 289 times, most recently in 2026
• Braying beast - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Fool - used 156 times, most recently in 2025
• Burro - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
• Ninny - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
• Pack animal - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Cart puller - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Balaam's mount - used 76 times, most recently in 2022
• Jerk - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Nincompoop - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Dunderhead - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Blockhead - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Mule's father - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Pompous sort - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Dolt - used 45 times, most recently in 2020
• Total jerk - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Stubborn animal - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Balaam's beast - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Braying animal - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical beast - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Buffoon - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Onager - used 35 times, most recently in 2010
• Stubborn beast - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Pompous person - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-eared equine - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Mule's sire - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Wild equine - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Stubborn equine - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Doofus - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical mount - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Dummkopf - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Hinny's mother - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
• Long-eared animal - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Nitwit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Wagon puller - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Biblical beast of burden - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Burdened beast - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
• Stubborn sort - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Balaam's rebuker - used 18 times, most recently in 2012
• Chucklehead - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Numbskull - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Real jerk - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Jack or jenny - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-eared beast - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Obstinate equine - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Bozo - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Silly one - used 15 times, most recently in 2010
• Stubborn one - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Barnyard brayer - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Farm animal - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Hinny's kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Horse's cousin - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Pompous fool - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Quadruped. - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Silly goose - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-eared beast of burden - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Mule's dad - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Beast - used 12 times, most recently in 1976
• Donkey's uncle - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Sancho Panza's mount - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Stupid one - used 12 times, most recently in 2003
• Zebra's cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Big jerk - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bubblehead - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Dray puller - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Obstinate beast - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Equine beast - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Obnoxious person - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Pompous one - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Simpleton - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Sure-footed work animal - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Foolish one - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Kiang. - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
• Knucklehead - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Lunkhead - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Aesop's thistle-eater - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• ___-backwards - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Balky beast - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Beast that brays - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Behind - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Brayer - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Complete jerk - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Horse's kin - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Idiot - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Jenny - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Moron - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Palm Sunday mount - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Rude person - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Silly person - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• The law, to Mr. Bumble - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Utter fool - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Beck "Jack-___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Biblical jawbone source - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Booty - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Butt - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cousin of a zebra - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Hee-hawing animal - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Horse kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Long-eared farm animal - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Longear. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
• Nativity scene beast - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Numskull - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• The "A" in "WAP" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Zebra kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical transport - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Chowderhead - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Donkey relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Fathead - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Foolish sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Imbecile - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Mule's parent - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Pack carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Saddlebag carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "The ___ in the Lion's Skin" (Aesop fable) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• ___ Lingus - AER, used 730 times
• Commotion - ADO, used 718 times
• Fuss - ADO, used 644 times

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