Pinochle plays
The crossword clue "Pinochle plays" is answered by MELDS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MELDS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MELDS answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MELDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MELDS, most used first.
- Blends together - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Pinochle combos - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Canasta plays - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Blends - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Pinochle scores - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Fuses - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Card combinations - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Low cards in pinochle - NINES, used 25 times
- Fourth-down plays - PUNTS, used 23 times
- Plays a round - GOLFS, used 17 times
- Plays 18 holes - GOLFS, used 12 times
- Middle of some plays - ACTII, used 11 times
- Football plays - DOWNS, used 10 times
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