Place a call
The crossword clue "Place a call" is answered by PHONE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. 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
PHONE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PHONE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PHONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PHONE, most used first.
- Call up - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Call - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Conversation piece? - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Ring up - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Give a ring - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Ring - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "E.T. ___ home" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Bell's invention - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Word with "tag" or "booth" - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Caller's need - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Cellular device - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Give a buzz - used 6 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.
- Place - STEAD, used 187 times
- Take place - OCCUR, used 121 times
- Call forth - EVOKE, used 80 times
- Hiding place - CACHE, used 63 times
- Close call - SCARE, used 60 times
- In first place - ONTOP, used 60 times
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