Worm on a hook, say
The crossword clue "Worm on a hook, say" is answered by BAIT, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
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BAIT
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Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BAIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BAIT, most used first.
- Lure - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Enticement - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Fishhook attachment - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Switch's partner - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Fishing need - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Worm on a hook, e.g. - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Can of worms, maybe - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and switch - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Switch partner - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Night crawlers. - used 13 times, most recently in 1992
- Entice - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Angler's need - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Angler's supply - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Chum, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Fisherman's need - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Provoke - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Tempt - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Angler's purchase - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Heckle - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Tease - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Worms, often - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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- "Sad to say ..." - ALAS, used 250 times
- "What ___ can I say?" - ELSE, used 116 times
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- Say it's so - AVER, used 97 times
- "You can say that again!" - AMEN, used 93 times
- "Sorry to say . . ." - ALAS, used 84 times
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