Play tricks
The crossword clue "Play tricks" is answered by JAPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1950. 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
JAPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JAPE answer page.
Used 17 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for JAPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by JAPE, most used first.
- Practical joke - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Mock - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Make fun of - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Wisecrack - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Quip - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Mocking remark - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Joke - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Jest - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Make sport of - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Mocking comment - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Bit of mockery - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
- Part to play - ROLE, used 149 times
- Play parts - ACTS, used 131 times
- Play opener - ACTI, used 120 times
- Play group - CAST, used 109 times
- Play divisions - ACTS, used 94 times
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