Said "Not guilty," for example

The answer

PLED

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Appealed - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• 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," 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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• "You said it!" - AMEN, used 257 times

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