Confines
The crossword clue "Confines" is answered by PENS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PENS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PENS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SHUTSIN (5 uses in xd)
- ASTRICTS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for PENS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PENS, most used first.
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- Stock holders - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballpoints - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Authors - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Writing tools - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Signing needs - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Farm enclosures - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Enclosures - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Bic products - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Writing implements - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Composes - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Pigs' digs - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Slammers - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Pigsties - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Female swans - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Nerd-pack contents - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Paper Mate products - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Calligraphy tools - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Digs for pigs - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Calligrapher's collection - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sties - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Jots down - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Parker and Waterman - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Cross products - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Signing ceremony souvenirs - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Confines - AREA, used 10 times
- Gilligan's confines - ISLE, used 6 times
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