Letter-writing friend
The crossword clue "Letter-writing friend" is answered by PENPAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
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6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PENPAL answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PENPAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PENPAL, most used first.
- Foreign correspondent? - used 27 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.
- Finn's friend - SAWYER, used 25 times
- Friend of Porthos - ARAMIS, used 19 times
- Scarlet letter, e.g. - STIGMA, used 14 times
- Letter - TENANT, used 13 times
- Letter closing - ASEVER, used 13 times
- Friend of d'Artagnan - ARAMIS, used 11 times
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