Verbal gem
The crossword clue "Verbal gem" is answered by MOT, a 3-letter entry. Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1998. 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
MOT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOT answer page.
Used 12 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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
- Bon ___ (clever remark) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- 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.
- Verbal shrug - MEH, used 18 times
- Verbal contraction. - IVE, used 11 times
- Verbal defiance - LIP, used 11 times
- Verbal stumbles - UMS, used 11 times
- Verbal stumbles - ERS, used 10 times
- Verbal cleverness - WIT, used 9 times
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