Pencil stump
The crossword clue "Pencil stump" is answered by NUB, a 3-letter entry. Used 17 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NUB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUB answer page.
Used 17 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUB, most used first.
- Gist - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Essence - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Worn-down pencil - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Central point - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Crux - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Well-used pencil - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-worn pencil - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Heart of the matter - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Small lump - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Small protuberance - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Core - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Very short pencil - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Pencil holder, at times - EAR, used 15 times
- Pencil holder - EAR, used 10 times
- Pencil parking place - EAR, used 6 times
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