Pencil remnants
The crossword clue "Pencil remnants" is answered by NUBS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NUBS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUBS answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NUBS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUBS, most used first.
- Gists - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Worn-down pencils - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Well-worn pencils - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Lumps - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Small lumps - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Central points - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Blue-pencil - EDIT, used 151 times
- Remnants - ENDS, used 85 times
- Pencil filler - LEAD, used 27 times
- Pencil remnant - STUB, used 19 times
- Styptic pencil stuff - ALUM, used 17 times
- Pencil part - LEAD, used 15 times
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