Study a lot in a short time

The answer

CRAM

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

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CRAM

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

• Stuff - used 126 times, most recently in 2024
• Pull an all-nighter - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Study hard - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Study all night - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Study at the last minute - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Jam-pack - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Overstuff - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Study all night, say - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Pack tight - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Study in a hurry - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Pack tightly - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Stuff (in) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Bone up - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Burn the midnight oil - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Do some last-minute studying - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Study feverishly - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Pack full - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Study for finals - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Pull an all-nighter, perhaps - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Squeeze - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Stuff tightly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Pack - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Pack in - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Pull an all-nighter, say - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Pack in tightly - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Prepare for finals - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Do some last-minute learning - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Put four pounds into a three-pound bag - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Squeeze (in) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Study strenuously - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Study, study, study - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• A single time - ONCE, used 296 times
• "Once ___ a time ..." - UPON, used 284 times
• A long time - AGES, used 156 times
• High time? - NOON, used 151 times
• Short skirt - MINI, used 149 times

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