Cager's target

The answer

HOOP

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 8 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.

• BASKET (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for HOOP

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

• Basketball target - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Earring shape - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Hula __ - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Earring style - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Earring type - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Basketball rim - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Barrel part - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Backboard attachment - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Court target - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Circular earring - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of skirt - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Ringlike earring - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Skirt shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Slam dunk target - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Stud alternative - 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.

• Mascara target - LASH, used 99 times
• Massage target - ACHE, used 97 times
• Hammer's target - NAIL, used 90 times
• Air freshener target - ODOR, used 76 times
• Hammer target - NAIL, used 68 times
• Clearasil target - ACNE, used 60 times

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