Heartfelt appeal

The answer

PLEA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLEA answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PLEA

Every other clue in this collection answered by PLEA, most used first.

• Entreaty - used 282 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not guilty," for one - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Urgent request - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not guilty," e.g. - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Earnest request - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• "Guilty" or "Not guilty" - used 50 times, most recently in 2024
• Appeal - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Desperate request - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Emotional request - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Nolo contendere, e.g. - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
• __ bargain - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Heartfelt request - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Supplication - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Tearful request - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Court statement - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Request - used 24 times, most recently in 2016
• Type of bargain - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "Guilty," e.g. - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• "Not guilty," for example - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Petition - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Courtroom statement - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Guilty, for one - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of bargain - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Court action - used 18 times, most recently in 2011
• "Not guilty" is one - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Excuse. - used 15 times, most recently in 1989
• ___ bargain (court deal) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Courtroom entry - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Request for help - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Answer to a charge - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• Defendant's declaration - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Court declaration - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Defendant's statement - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "No contest," for one - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Pretext - used 11 times, most recently in 1991
• Tell it to the judge - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Court entry - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Defendant's answer - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Prayer - used 10 times, most recently in 1997
• Something to cop - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Cop a ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• "Help!" for example - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Defendant's answer to a charge - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Desperate appeal - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Earnest appeal - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Earnest entreaty - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• It's entered in court - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Answer to a judge - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Arraignment offering - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Cry for help - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Defendant's response - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Nolo contendere, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Result of some bargaining - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Temporary insanity, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Ardent request - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ bargaining - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Call for help - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Court claim - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Court response - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Humble request - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Response to a charge - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Kind of appeal - SNOB, used 25 times
• Heartfelt - DEEP, used 12 times
• Heartfelt - REAL, used 10 times
• __ appeal - SNOB, used 9 times
• Made an appeal - PLED, used 7 times

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