Former pen pal?
The crossword clue "Former pen pal?" is answered by EXCON, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EXCON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXCON answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EXCON
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXCON, most used first.
- Record holder? - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- One with a record - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Parolee, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Former inmate - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Bert's pal - ERNIE, used 58 times
- Lucy's pal - ETHEL, used 50 times
- Bert's "Sesame Street" pal - ERNIE, used 47 times
- Former anesthetic - ETHER, used 38 times
- Lone Ranger's pal - TONTO, used 38 times
- Former Russian rulers - TSARS, used 37 times
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