Knight's backup
The crossword clue "Knight's backup" is answered by PIPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PIPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PIPS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PIPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PIPS, most used first.
- Domino spots - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Gladys Knight's backup - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Domino dots - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Dots on dice - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Lulus - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Seeds. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Spots on playing cards. - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Die spots - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Apple seeds - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Knight's backers - 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.
- Prez's backup - VEEP, used 25 times
- Knight's wife - DAME, used 24 times
- Knight's neighbor - ROOK, used 20 times
- Wreath on a knight's helmet - ORLE, used 17 times
- Knight's attendant - PAGE, used 13 times
- Knight's lady - DAME, used 13 times
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