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LAY

3 letters - 8 clues in this collection

LAY is a 3-letter crossword answer with 8 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 396 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

LAY

LAY

3Letters
8Clues in collection
396Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for LAY in this collection

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  • Put down - used 126 times across 36 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Set down - used 59 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Nonclerical - used 55 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Place down - used 48 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • "Now I ___ me down to sleep ... " - used 31 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Deposit - used 27 times across 11 distinct years, most recently in 2018
  • Ballad - used 25 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Place - used 25 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2026

Related answers

Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with L.

  • LEA - 3 letters, 1,830 combined xd usages, 23 clues in this collection
  • LIE - 3 letters, 1,680 combined xd usages, 28 clues in this collection
  • LET - 3 letters, 1,604 combined xd usages, 14 clues in this collection
  • LED - 3 letters, 1,592 combined xd usages, 27 clues in this collection
  • LEI - 3 letters, 1,489 combined xd usages, 33 clues in this collection
  • LAS - 3 letters, 1,394 combined xd usages, 18 clues in this collection
  • LEO - 3 letters, 1,353 combined xd usages, 22 clues in this collection
  • LES - 3 letters, 1,340 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection

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