Neck backs
The crossword clue "Neck backs" is answered by NAPES, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NAPES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAPES answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NAPES
Every other clue in this collection answered by NAPES, most used first.
- Scruffs - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Backs of necks - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Neck parts - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Parts of necks - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Neck areas - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Backs, anatomically - DORSA, used 28 times
- Pains in the neck - PESTS, used 26 times
- Broad neck scarf - ASCOT, used 19 times
- Neck wrap - SCARF, used 19 times
- Pain in the neck - CRICK, used 19 times
- Neck warmer - SCARF, used 17 times
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