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Playful kiss

Answer: BUSS - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Playful kiss" is answered by BUSS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

The answer

BUSS

BUSS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUSS answer page.

8Times used
8Distinct years
2022Most recent year
5Publications

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for BUSS

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

  • Smooch - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
  • Kiss - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
  • Smack - used 9 times, most recently in 2024

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