Mastermind piece
The crossword clue "Mastermind piece" is answered by PEG, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. 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
PEG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEG answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PEG
Every other clue in this collection answered by PEG, most used first.
- Wooden pin - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage piece - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Identify - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Coat rack part - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage marker - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage scorer - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Dowel - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Nickname for Margaret - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Throw - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Square ___ in a round hole - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Violin part - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Hard throw, in baseball - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Place to hang a hat - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Place to hang your hat - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Violin tuner - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage scorekeeper - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Tent stake - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage need - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Cello tuner - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Cribbage board insert - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Golf tee, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Margaret's nickname - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Tent anchor - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "___ o' My Heart" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Take down a ___ (humble) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Chess piece - MAN, used 78 times
- Mr. Potato Head piece - EAR, used 37 times
- Piece of advice - TIP, used 34 times
- Joplin piece - RAG, used 32 times
- Piece of work? - ERG, used 31 times
- 50 Cent piece - RAP, used 30 times
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