Word play
The crossword clue "Word play" is answered by PUN, a 3-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PUN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PUN answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- "No ___ intended" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Bit of paronomasia - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Society page word - NEE, used 182 times
- "My word!" - GEE, used 155 times
- Play part - ACT, used 135 times
- Capek play - RUR, used 134 times
- Itinerary word - VIA, used 119 times
- Latin 101 word - AMO, used 112 times
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