Kind of code
The crossword clue "Kind of code" is answered by PENAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 46 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PENAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PENAL answer page.
Used 46 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PENAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PENAL, most used first.
- Kind of colony - used 42 times, most recently in 2015
- Of punishment - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Punishment-related - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Punitive. - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ code - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Prison-related - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Kind of code or colony - used 22 times, most recently in 2013
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