Samples of wordplay
The crossword clue "Samples of wordplay" is answered by PUNS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PUNS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PUNS answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PUNS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PUNS, most used first.
- Plays on words - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Bits of wordplay - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Some crossword clues - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Groan inducers - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Bits of wit - used 7 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.
- Assayers' samples - ORES, used 15 times
- Samples - SIPS, used 10 times
- Assayer's samples - ORES, used 6 times
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