Bayonet thrust

The answer

STAB

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STAB

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

• Wild guess - used 480 times, most recently in 2026
• Attempt - used 223 times, most recently in 2026
• Pierce - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Rough guess - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Shot in the dark - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Try - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Puncture - used 50 times, most recently in 2024
• Impale - used 31 times, most recently in 2018
• Run through - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
• Try: Colloq. - used 26 times, most recently in 1970
• Random guess - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a __ at; attempt - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Knife - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
• Take a __ at; try - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Thrust. - used 20 times, most recently in 1999
• Effort - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Grab with a toothpick - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Guess - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Sharp pain - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Use a dagger - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Guesstimate - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Wild attempt - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Brief try - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Uneducated guess - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Blind guess - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Shot - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Use a dirk - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
• Skewer - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Wild try - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Attack with a knife - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Awkward try - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Knife thrust - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Pierce with a knife - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a ___ at - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Whack - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Attempt: Colloq. - used 8 times, most recently in 1963
• Brief attempt - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Crack - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• "I'll take a ___ at it" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ in the back (betray) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Informal attempt - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Poke holes in - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Sudden pain - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Total guess - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Knife wound - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Pink - used 7 times, most recently in 1988
• Seize with a toothpick - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Spear - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Casual attempt - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Grab with a fork - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Pierce with a toothpick - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sudden sharp pain - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Use a poniard - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Use a stiletto - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Wound with a dagger - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Thrust - POKE, used 7 times

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