Playing hard to get
The crossword clue "Playing hard to get" is answered by COY, a 3-letter entry. Used 34 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
COY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COY answer page.
Used 34 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for COY
Every other clue in this collection answered by COY, most used first.
- Coquettish - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Playfully shy - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
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