Short punch
The crossword clue "Short punch" is answered by JAB, a 3-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
JAB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JAB answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for JAB
Every other clue in this collection answered by JAB, most used first.
- Poke - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Quick punch - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Boxer's punch - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Boxing punch - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Boxer's quick punch - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp punch - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Boxing poke - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Punch - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Quick blow - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Boxer's blow - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Boxer's setup punch - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp criticism - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- The "one" in a one-two - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Elbow - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Fast punch - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Pugilist's punch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Start of a one-two - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Boxing blow - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Elbow poke - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Snarky remark - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Thrust - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Quick hit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharp left or right - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
- Sixth sense, for short - ESP, used 137 times
- Chest muscle, for short - PEC, used 120 times
- Short snooze - NAP, used 98 times
- Aliens, for short - ETS, used 91 times
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