Bon ___ (clever remark)

The answer

MOT

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

Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MOT

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

• Witticism - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Bon ___ - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Bon ___ (witticism) - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Witty remark - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Bon ___ (witty remark) - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Clever remark - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Witty saying - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Zinger - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Clever comment - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
• Pithy remark - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Pithy saying - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Quip - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Verbal gem - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Bit of wit - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Bon ___ (witty saying) - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Word, in French - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Sheepish remark - BAA, used 109 times
• Bon ___ - AMI, used 50 times
• Ram's remark - BAA, used 32 times
• Clever humor - WIT, used 31 times
• Clever one - WIT, used 24 times
• Clever - SLY, used 22 times

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