Fool
The crossword clue "Fool" is answered by ASS, a 3-letter entry. Used 156 times across 49 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ASS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASS answer page.
Used 156 times across 49 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ASS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASS, most used first.
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- Beast of burden - used 289 times, most recently in 2026
- Braying beast - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- Nitwit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- "What Kind of Fool __?" - AMI, used 90 times
- Fool - SAP, used 38 times
- "I pity the fool" speaker - MRT, used 26 times
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