Put pen to paper
The crossword clue "Put pen to paper" is answered by WROTE, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WROTE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WROTE answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for WROTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by WROTE, most used first.
- Penned - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Authored - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Composed - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Jotted down - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Dropped a line - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Inscribed - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Corresponded - used 10 times, most recently in 2004
- "Murder, She ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Composed, as a letter - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Drafted - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Kept in touch, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Put on paper - used 7 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.
- Put up - ERECT, used 263 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Put in office - ELECT, used 120 times
- Put off - DEFER, used 99 times
- Put into law - ENACT, used 97 times
- Put back to zero - RESET, used 85 times
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