Bit of paronomasia

The answer

PUN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PUN answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 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 collection link to their own answer page.

• GROANER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PUN

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

• Play on words - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of wordplay - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of wit - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Groan inducer - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Many a dad joke - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Equivoque - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
• Groaner - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Word play - used 9 times, most recently in 1995
• "No ___ intended" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Jeu de mots - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Witticism. - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• Bit or wordplay - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Groan producer - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Charged bit - ION, used 243 times
• Wee bit - TAD, used 234 times
• Little bit - TAD, used 161 times
• Bit of butter - PAT, used 124 times
• Granola bit - OAT, used 113 times
• Bit - TAD, used 103 times

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