Affectedly modest
The crossword clue "Affectedly modest" is answered by COY, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1998. 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
COY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COY answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for COY
Every other clue in this collection answered by COY, most used first.
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- Demure - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
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- Affectedly shy - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Evasive - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Flirtatiously shy - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Bashful - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Artfully shy - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Playfully noncommittal - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Flirtatious - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Kittenish - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Slyly shy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Unforthcoming - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Playfully evasive - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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