Tennis shot
The crossword clue "Tennis shot" is answered by LOB, a 3-letter entry. Used 55 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LOB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOB answer page.
Used 55 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 13 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.
- RETURN (2 uses in xd)
- VOLLEY (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LOB
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOB, most used first.
- High tennis shot - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- High hit - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Tennis stroke - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
- High ball - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Soft toss - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- High return - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Arcing shot - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
- Toss - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Arcing tennis shot - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- High-arcing tennis shot - used 21 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.
- Tennis court divider - NET, used 159 times
- Tennis do-over - LET, used 103 times
- Tennis call - LET, used 80 times
- Give it a shot - TRY, used 62 times
- Tennis unit - SET, used 62 times
- Shriver of tennis - PAM, used 59 times
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