Screwball
The crossword clue "Screwball" is answered by NUT, a 3-letter entry. Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NUT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUT answer page.
Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- KOOK (7 uses in xd)
- WACKO (7 uses in xd)
- WACKY (6 uses in xd)
- FLAKE (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for NUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUT, most used first.
- Fanatic - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Kook - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Enthusiast - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Aficionado - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Bolt's partner - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Cashew or pecan - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Bolt partner - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Cashew. - used 23 times, most recently in 2007
- Crackpot - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Born - NEE, used 533 times
- Zero - NIL, used 399 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- Teachers' org. - NEA, used 369 times
- Neither's partner - NOR, used 359 times
- Zilch - NIL, used 358 times
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