Sentence shortener
The crossword clue "Sentence shortener" is answered by PAROLE, a 6-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PAROLE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAROLE answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. 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.
- EARLYPAROLE (1 uses in xd)
- PLEABARGAIN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAROLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAROLE, most used first.
- Conditional release - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Early release - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Word of honor. - used 20 times, most recently in 2001
- Convict's hope - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Con quest - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Prisoner's hope - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Serve a sentence - DOTIME, used 27 times
- Sentence ender - PERIOD, used 18 times
- Sentence segment - PHRASE, used 18 times
- Sentence structure - SYNTAX, used 18 times
- Sentence part - PHRASE, used 8 times
- Complete a sentence - DOTIME, used 7 times
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