Informal attempts
The crossword clue "Informal attempts" is answered by STABS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2020. 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
STABS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STABS answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for STABS
Every other clue in this collection answered by STABS, most used first.
- Wild guesses - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Attempts - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Pierces - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Rough guesses - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Tries - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Shots in the dark - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Runs through - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Guesstimates - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Knifes - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Impales - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Uses 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.
- Attempts - TRIES, used 74 times
- Informal language - SLANG, used 42 times
- Informal talk - SLANG, used 20 times
- Second attempts - REDOS, used 18 times
- Informal farewell - SEEYA, used 13 times
- Informal speech - SLANG, used 13 times
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