Bit of a tiff

The answer

SPAT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPAT answer page.

Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SPAT

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPAT, most used first.

• Tiff - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
• Quarrel - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
• Petty quarrel - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Minor quarrel - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Squabble - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Lovers' quarrel - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Young oyster - used 65 times, most recently in 2021
• Falling-out - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
• Petty argument - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Minor argument - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Petty fight - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Argument - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• Slight fight - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Little fight - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Petty clash - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Cross words - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Minor dispute - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Run-in - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Expectorated - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief quarrel - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Row - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Minor fight - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Disagreement - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Gaiter - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Lover's quarrel - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Minor disagreement - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Minor squabble - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Petty squabble - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Petty dispute. - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Altercation - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Little quarrel - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Small quarrel - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Falling-out between friends - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Lovers' tiff - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny tiff - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Went "ptui" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Dispute - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Old-fashioned shoe covering - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Scrap - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Small argument - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Small scrap - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Domestic squabble - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Dustup - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Little argument - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Little disagreement - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Little tiff - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Set-to - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Small fight - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Small squabble - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Bit of bickering - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Bit of marital friction - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Little row - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Minor altercation - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Minor dustup - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Minor falling out - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Minor row - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Minor tiff - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Small row - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Trivial tiff - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Tiny bit - IOTA, used 286 times
• Teeny bit - IOTA, used 93 times
• Open a bit - AJAR, used 84 times
• Bit - IOTA, used 80 times
• Wee bit - IOTA, used 79 times
• Little bit - IOTA, used 76 times

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