Plate appearance
The crossword clue "Plate appearance" is answered by ATBAT, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ATBAT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATBAT answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 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.
- TIMEUP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ATBAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ATBAT, most used first.
- Facing the pitcher - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
- Up - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
- Ready to swing - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Up, in baseball - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to hit - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Chance to swing - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Chance for a hit - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Chance to hit - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Trip to the plate - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- No longer on deck - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Standing by the plate - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Awaiting a pitch - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Hitter's turn - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- In the box - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Up, on the diamond - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Diamond opportunity - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Facing a pitcher - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hitting - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Taking one's cuts - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Ready for the pitch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Slugger's opportunity - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- First appearance - DEBUT, used 57 times
- Eucharist plate - PATEN, used 48 times
- Eucharistic plate - PATEN, used 40 times
- Brief appearance - CAMEO, used 26 times
- Cross home plate - SCORE, used 22 times
- Gone from the plate - EATEN, used 22 times
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