Be in limbo
The crossword clue "Be in limbo" is answered by PEND, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PEND
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEND answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PEND
Every other clue in this collection answered by PEND, most used first.
- Remain undecided - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Hang in the balance - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Remain unsettled - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Await judgment - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Hang fire - used 31 times, most recently in 2006
- Hang - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Await decision - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Await - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Await a decision - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Be undecided - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Await approval - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Remain unresolved - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Be unresolved - 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.
- Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
- "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
- Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
- Equal - PEER, used 256 times
- Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
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