Very short pencil
The crossword clue "Very short pencil" is answered by NUB, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 2 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 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- Pencil stump - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
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.
- Very long time - EON, used 212 times
- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
- Sixth sense, for short - ESP, used 137 times
- Chest muscle, for short - PEC, used 120 times
- Short snooze - NAP, used 98 times
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