Pen ___ (letter-writing friend)

The answer

PAL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAL answer page.

Used 20 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PAL

Every other clue in this collection answered by PAL, most used first.

• Buddy - used 559 times, most recently in 2026
• Chum - used 453 times, most recently in 2026
• Bud - used 234 times, most recently in 2026
• Crony - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
• Friend - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• Good buddy - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Amigo - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Sidekick - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Good friend - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Close friend - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Compadre - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Joey" - used 33 times, most recently in 2008
• Comrade - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• One to hang with - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Mate - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Close one - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Bosom buddy - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Intimate - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Companion - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Bro - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Good bud - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Cohort - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• O'Hara's Joey - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
• Joey, for one - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
• Bestie - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Trusted chum - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Trusted one - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• One to hang out with - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "Be a ___!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Bert, to Ernie - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Best friend. - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
• Homeboy - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Best bud - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Goombah - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Huck, to Tom - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• One of the gang - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Close chum - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Ed, to Ralph - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Homie - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Playmate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Barney, to Fred - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Gal ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Joey" (Sinatra film) - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Norton, to Kramden - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Trusted friend - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Greek letter - ETA, used 512 times
• French friend - AMI, used 311 times
• Greek letter - PSI, used 244 times
• Greek letter - RHO, used 240 times
• Greek letter - TAU, used 198 times
• Pen name - BIC, used 178 times

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