Illegal motion by a pitcher
The crossword clue "Illegal motion by a pitcher" is answered by BALK, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BALK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BALK answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BALK
Every other clue in this collection answered by BALK, most used first.
- Pitcher's error - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Hesitate - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Pitcher's mistake - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Pitcher's no-no - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Pitcher's boo-boo - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Pitcher's goof - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Pitching error - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Refuse to proceed - used 6 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.
- Pitcher - EWER, used 295 times
- Pitcher Hershiser - OREL, used 219 times
- Ocean motion - TIDE, used 137 times
- Water pitcher - EWER, used 125 times
- Decorative pitcher - EWER, used 105 times
- Makes illegal - BANS, used 45 times
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