Exemplar of patience

The answer

JOB

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the JOB answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for JOB

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

• Task - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Occupation - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Position - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Piece of work - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• "You had one ___!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Paragon of patience - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Chore - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Nine-to-five activity - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Assignment - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Nine-to-five - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Old Testament book - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Post - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Profession - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Applicant's goal - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Biblical sufferer - used 6 times, most recently in 2003

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.

• "Patience -- virtue" - ISA, used 48 times
• "Patience ___ virtue" (2 wds.) - ISA, used 7 times
• Exemplar of blindness - BAT, used 6 times
• Exemplar of might - OAK, used 6 times
• No exemplar of grace - OAF, used 6 times
• Strain, as one's patience - TRY, used 6 times

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