Appealed
The crossword clue "Appealed" is answered by PLED, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PLED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PLED answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for PLED
Every other clue in this collection answered by PLED, most used first.
- Begged - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
- Implored - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Entreated - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Beseeched - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Answered a charge - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Responded in court - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Asked earnestly - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Appealed earnestly - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Said "Not guilty," perhaps - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Argued - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Argued in court - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Said "Not guilty," e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Addressed the court - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Stated one's case - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Made a case - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Answered a charge in court - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Argued a case - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Responded to a charge - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Made a case for - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Made an appeal - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Requested earnestly - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Asked on bended knee - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Made one's case - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Said "no contest," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Said "no contest," say - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Said "Not guilty," for example - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Said "not guilty," say - 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.
- Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
- "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
- Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
- Equal - PEER, used 256 times
- Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
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