Glib

The answer

PAT

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

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 9 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.

• FACILE (10 uses in xd)
• SMOOTH (3 uses in xd)
• FLUENT (1 uses in xd)
• GOODWITHWORDS (1 uses in xd)
• SUAVE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PAT

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

• Bit of butter - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Light touch - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• One way to stand - used 64 times, most recently in 2023
• Butter serving - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Touch lightly - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Gentle touch - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Contrived - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Butter portion - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Butter square - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Butter unit - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Mrs. Nixon - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• Butter bit - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Touch gently - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Opportune. - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
• Portion of butter - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ on the back - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Timely. - used 20 times, most recently in 1986
• Way to stand - used 19 times, most recently in 2014
• Soft touch - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Frisk, with "down" - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Overly glib - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Reassuring touch - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Square of butter - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Serving of butter - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Wheel of Fortune" host Sajak - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Encouraging touch - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Facile - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Karate Kid" actor Morita - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Vanna's cohort - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Like some answers - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Tap gently - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Affectionate touch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Boone or Benatar - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Comforting touch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• How some stand - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Perfectly - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Prince of Tides" novelist Conroy - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Word before or after "down" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• A way to stand - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Light stroke - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Margarine serving - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Singer Benatar - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ the Bunny" (touch-and-feel baby book) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Best way to get it down - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Butter measure - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Butter slice - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Excessively glib - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• "Heartbreaker" singer Benatar - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Loving touch - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Memorized - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Mr. Sajak - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Trite - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Buddy - PAL, used 559 times
• Chum - PAL, used 453 times
• According to - PER, used 398 times
• For each - PER, used 391 times
• School org. - PTA, used 293 times
• Expert - PRO, used 288 times

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