Pear or apple
The crossword clue "Pear or apple" is answered by POME, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. 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
POME
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POME answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 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 POME
Every other clue in this collection answered by POME, most used first.
- Fleshy fruit - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
- Apple or pear - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Apple, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Fruit. - used 14 times, most recently in 1995
- Apple or pear, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Pear or quince - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Quince, e.g. - used 7 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.
- Apple tablet - IPAD, used 194 times
- Pear variety - BOSC, used 152 times
- Apple desktop - IMAC, used 121 times
- Banned apple spray - ALAR, used 112 times
- Apple computer - IMAC, used 81 times
- Apple variety - IMAC, used 71 times
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