Plays on words
The crossword clue "Plays on words" is answered by PUNS, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PUNS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PUNS answer page.
Used 23 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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.
- Words of understanding - ISEE, used 227 times
- ___ many words - INSO, used 153 times
- Analogy words - ISTO, used 134 times
- Not __ many words - INSO, used 86 times
- Treater's words - ONME, used 85 times
- Words of approximation - ORSO, used 84 times
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