Like a runt
The crossword clue "Like a runt" is answered by PUNY, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PUNY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PUNY answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 6 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.
- WEAKEST (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PUNY
Every other clue in this collection answered by PUNY, most used first.
- Insignificant - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Small and weak - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Weak - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Undersized - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Hardly Herculean - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Like ___ of bricks - ATON, used 201 times
- Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
- Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
- Like fine wine - AGED, used 99 times
- Sleep like ___ - ALOG, used 96 times
- Move like molasses - OOZE, used 83 times
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