Jab
The crossword clue "Jab" is answered by POKE, a 4-letter entry. Used 95 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
POKE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POKE answer page.
Used 95 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this pilot link to their own answer page.
- PROD (20 uses in xd)
- POKEAT (2 uses in xd)
- LEFT (1 uses in xd)
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