Played the trumpet
The crossword clue "Played the trumpet" is answered by BLEW, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BLEW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BLEW answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BLEW
Every other clue in this collection answered by BLEW, most used first.
- Huffed and puffed - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Squandered - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Gusted - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Botched - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Erupted - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Exploded - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Squandered, as a lead - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Played a trumpet - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Used a Breathalyzer - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Puffed. - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Totally bungled - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Emulated Gabriel - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Exploded, as a tire - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Muffed - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Tooted - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
- Lost, as a big lead - 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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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