Bit of butter
The crossword clue "Bit of butter" is answered by PAT, a 3-letter entry. Used 124 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PAT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAT answer page.
Used 124 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for PAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAT, most used first.
- Light touch - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- One way to stand - used 64 times, most recently in 2023
- Butter serving - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Touch lightly - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Gentle touch - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Contrived - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Butter portion - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Butter square - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Butter unit - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Mrs. Nixon - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Butter bit - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Touch gently - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Opportune. - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
- Portion of butter - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Charged bit - ION, used 243 times
- Wee bit - TAD, used 234 times
- Little bit - TAD, used 161 times
- Granola bit - OAT, used 113 times
- Bit - TAD, used 103 times
- Bit of advice - TIP, used 98 times
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