Play
The crossword clue "Play" is answered by DRAMA, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRAMA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRAMA answer page.
Used 18 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DRAMA
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRAMA, most used first.
- Serious play - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Pulitzer Prize category - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Pulitzer category - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Emmy category - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Serious stage play - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Stage offering - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Comedy's counterpart - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- O'Neill forte - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Comedy alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- O'Neill work - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Acting major - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Comedy counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of queen - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- "Law & Order," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Netflix category - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Video store section - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Play part - SCENE, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- Pays to play - ANTES, used 71 times
- Play place - STAGE, used 51 times
- Part of a play - SCENE, used 44 times
- Play groups - CASTS, used 42 times
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