Word before code or colony
The crossword clue "Word before code or colony" is answered by PENAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PENAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PENAL answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PENAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PENAL, most used first.
- Kind of code - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
- 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
- Jail-related - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ colony - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Disciplinary - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of colony - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Kind of colony or code - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Type of code - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Correctional - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Pertaining to punishment - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prison-based - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Serving to punish - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Type of colony or system - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Word with code or colony - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Parting word - ADIEU, used 196 times
- Code name - MORSE, used 89 times
- Letter before iota - THETA, used 79 times
- Moral code - ETHIC, used 75 times
- Before - UNTIL, used 59 times
- Ancient Greek colony - IONIA, used 58 times
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