Punches
The crossword clue "Punches" is answered by JABS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
JABS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JABS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for JABS
Every other clue in this collection answered by JABS, most used first.
- Quick punches - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Pokes - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Boxing punches - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Short punches - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Pokes roughly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Boxing moves - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Quick blows. - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Quick boxing punches - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Ring exchange - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Ring tactics - 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.
- Trade punches - SPAR, used 27 times
- Practice punches - SPAR, used 11 times
- Sharp punches - AWLS, used 10 times
- Fruit punches - ADES, used 8 times
- Some punches - AWLS, used 7 times
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