Fell for a joke

The answer

BIT

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for BIT

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

• Smidgen - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Took the bait - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Morsel - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Drill part - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Drill insert - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Iota - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Bridle part - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Small amount - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Comedy routine - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Chomped - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Drill need - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Particle - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny amount - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Snaffle. - used 13 times, most recently in 1980
• Fragment - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Shtick - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Bridle attachment - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Chomped down on - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Comic shtick - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Drill attachment - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• It may be boring - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Piece - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Sank one's teeth into - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Small piece - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• A chuck holds it - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Boring thing - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Comedy shtick - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Comic's offering - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Tad - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• For each - PER, used 391 times
• "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
• Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Joke - GAG, used 154 times

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