Buff
The crossword clue "Buff" is answered by RUB, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RUB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUB answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUB, most used first.
- Massage - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
- Chafe - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Abrade - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Barbecue seasoning - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Cause friction - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Barbecue spice mixture - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Polish - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- "Ay, there's the ___" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Obstacle - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Difficulty - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Barbecue application - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Barbecue coating - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Barbecue spice mix - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Complication - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Burnish - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Sticking point - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Stroke - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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