Square ___ in a round hole
The crossword clue "Square ___ in a round hole" is answered by PEG, a 3-letter entry. Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PEG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEG answer page.
Used 11 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
- Mastermind piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Hole in one - ACE, used 91 times
- Hole number - PAR, used 88 times
- Round Table title - SIR, used 80 times
- Hole-punching tool - AWL, used 61 times
- Hole-making tool - AWL, used 60 times
- Round Table address - SIR, used 60 times
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