Ballpoint, e.g.
The crossword clue "Ballpoint, e.g." is answered by PEN, a 3-letter entry. Used 25 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PEN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEN answer page.
Used 25 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by PEN, most used first.
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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.
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