Well-worn pencils
The crossword clue "Well-worn pencils" is answered by NUBS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 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 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 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
- Lumps - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Pencil remnants - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Small lumps - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Central points - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
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- As well - ALSO, used 343 times
- "___ Well That Ends Well" - ALLS, used 158 times
- Well-ventilated - AIRY, used 129 times
- Make well - HEAL, used 83 times
- "___ Well . . . " - ALLS, used 77 times
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