Play, in a way
The crossword clue "Play, in a way" is answered by STRUM, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
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STRUM
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Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2005; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STRUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by STRUM, most used first.
- Play a guitar - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Play a banjo - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Play the banjo - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Play, as a guitar - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Play a ukulele - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Play, as a banjo - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Play the guitar - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Play, as a mandolin - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Play, as a ukulele - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Play guitar - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Play guitar chords - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Play lightly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Play lightly, as a guitar - used 6 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.
- In any way - ATALL, used 185 times
- Way to go - ROUTE, used 139 times
- Out of the way - ASIDE, used 138 times
- Play part - SCENE, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- Pays to play - ANTES, used 71 times
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