Crossword-Solution: PUN 3 letters, 362 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 5

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
Pun	v. t.	To pound.
Pun	n.	A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
Pun	v. i.	To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.
Pun	v. t.	To persuade or affect by a pun.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
PUN	anagram	UNP, UPN

We have 362 clues for the answer “PUN”

Clue	Answers
"A pistol let off at the ear": Charles Lamb	1 answer
"A plateau is the highest form of flattery," e.g.	1 answer
"A seven-day diet makes one weak," e.g.	1 answer
"Abel was I ere I saw Cain," e.g.	1 answer
"Acupuncture is a jab well done," for one	1 answer
"Americone Dream," e.g.	1 answer
"An everyday spud is a commentator," e.g.	1 answer
"And thereby hangs a tale."	1 answer
"Art Official Intelligence" is one	1 answer
"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."—Mercutio.	1 answer
"Ba dum tss" prompter	1 answer
"Canoe row a boat?" is one	1 answer
"Cherry Garcia" is one	1 answer
"Cherry Garcia," e.g.	1 answer
"Cleopatra was a queen of denial," for one	1 answer
"Crepes of Wrath," e.g.	1 answer
"Denial ain't just a river in Egypt," e.g.	1 answer
"Doing a crossword with a broken pencil is pointless," for example	1 answer
"Dollars, taxes," e.g., for Dallas, Texas	1 answer
"Don't be fuelish," e.g.	1 answer
"Don't be fuelish," for one	1 answer
"Don't trust that big cat; he's lion," e.g.	1 answer
"Fauxlympics," e.g.	1 answer
"Frank and Ernest" or "Hi and Lois"	1 answer
"His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."	1 answer
"Horse voice," e.g.	1 answer
"I bought a boat because it was for sail," e.g.	1 answer
"I can't ride my bike. It's two tired," e.g.	1 answer
"I threw away my golf shoes when I got a hole in one," e.g.	1 answer
"I threw away my golf shoes when I got a hole-in-one," e.g.	1 answer
"I'd like to study philosophy, but I just Kant," e.g.	1 answer
"I'm no cheetah, you're lion!" is one	1 answer
"I'm pine-ing for you this Christmas," e.g.	1 answer
"Legally Blonde," e.g.	1 answer
"Let us spray," e.g.	1 answer
"Life of Pie" or "Rolling Scones"	1 answer
"Maid in Japan," e.g.	1 answer
"Make Donald Drumpf Again" or "I'm Withered," e.g.	1 answer
"Math is as easy as pi!" e.g.	1 answer
"Miró, Miró, on the wall," e.g.	1 answer
"My Zoom joke flopped ... I guess it's not remotely funny," e.g.	1 answer
"My attic's not the best, but it's up there," for one	1 answer
"My bike won't go because it's two tired," e.g.	1 answer
"My bike won't stand up. It's two tired," e.g.	1 answer
"Need an ark? I Noah guy!," e.g.	1 answer
"New kid on the blog," e.g.	1 answer
"No ___ intended"	1 answer
"Noah kept bees in the ark hive," e.g.	1 answer
"Orange you glad," for one	1 answer
"Orion's Belt is a waist of space," e.g.	1 answer

✏️ Suggest another clue Know another question for crossword solution "PUN"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!

Kind of apple

?

E

?

A

?

T

?

E

?

R

Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

AEERT

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

Play Crossword

15 +1

New Suggestion for "PUN"

Related word tools

Unscramble PUN 3-letter words that start with P 3-letter words that end in N 3-letter words containing UN 3-letter words containing NU 3-letter words with P and U

Sentences with PUN (5)

There is an important subgenre of humorous ASCII art that takes advantage of the names of the various characters to tell a pun-based joke.

The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992

The priest’s instinctive trick of analysing his own impressions told him that the colour and the little neat coat-tails of these bipeds had suggested the word “Canary,” and so by a mere pun connected them with southward travel.

The Wisdom of Father Brown G. K. Chesterton 1995

You would make a pun if you were hanged for it.” “That would be a case of haltering,” returned the other, on which everybody laughed again.

The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales Arthur Conan Doyle 2008

With him even a very simple pun may be used, not only with-out taking away from the strength of what he is saying, but with a vivid increase of impressiveness.

Acres of Diamonds Russell H. Conwell 2008

One of these gave rise to a pun which is so excellent that it is impossible to resist the temptation of transferring the anecdote from those pages to these:-- ``In the Rue Richelieu there is a statue of Corneille holding a roll in his hand, on which are inscribed the titles of his principal works.

Literary Blunders Henry Benjamin Wheatley 1995

Quotes with PUN (3)

Wanita cerdas bisa menghadapi cecunguk mana pun dengan anggun.

Francisca Todi

Terlambat adalah dosa besar menurut ukuran Swedia. Apa pun alasannya.

Bondan Winarno Petang Panjang di Central Park

padamu senja aku tak bisa tuk tak jatuh cinta, meski padamu pun engkau menenggelamkannya

Rian Prasetia @sekadar_coretan

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 428 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).