Selects, so to speak

The answer

TAPS

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TAPS

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

• Lights-out tune - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Bugle call - used 55 times, most recently in 2019
• Faucets - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Spigots - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• A little night music - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
• Reveille's opposite - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• Touches on the shoulder - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Lights-out signal - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Bugler's evening call - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Last call? - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Evening bugle call - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Lights out" music - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Night music - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Brewpub array - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Touches lightly - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Bugle tune - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Dances like Gregory Hines - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Lights out. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
• Pub hardware - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Base melody - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "Lights out" bugle tune - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Memorial Day solo - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Soldier's lullaby - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• Speak unclearly - SLUR, used 82 times
• "Even ___ speak" - ASWE, used 71 times
• Speak hoarsely - RASP, used 69 times
• Move, in Realtor-speak - RELO, used 62 times
• ___ were (so to speak) - ASIT, used 60 times
• ___ speak - SOTO, used 55 times

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