Take a __ at; attempt
The crossword clue "Take a __ at; attempt" is answered by STAB, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
STAB
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STAB answer page.
Used 25 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 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
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.
- Take a break - REST, used 268 times
- Take five - REST, used 265 times
- Take a breather - REST, used 230 times
- Take on - HIRE, used 184 times
- Take it easy - REST, used 162 times
- Take care of - TEND, used 132 times
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