Practical jokes
The crossword clue "Practical jokes" is answered by GAGS, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GAGS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAGS answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- APERIES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GAGS
Every other clue in this collection answered by GAGS, most used first.
- Jokes - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Chokes - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Pranks - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- One-liners - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Comedy bits - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Funny stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Silences - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Muzzles - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Running jokes - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Comedian's stock - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Practical joke - JAPE, used 28 times
- It may be practical - JOKE, used 11 times
- Practical joke - HOAX, used 11 times
- Make jokes - JEST, used 8 times
- Practical applications - USES, used 7 times
- Jay with jokes - LENO, used 6 times
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