Crossword clues - Answer
PLEA
PLEA is a 4-letter crossword answer with 19 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 1,059 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PLEA
PLEA
4Letters
19Clues in collection
1,059Combined 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 PLEA in this collection
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- Entreaty - used 282 times across 60 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- "Not guilty," for one - used 117 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Urgent request - used 83 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- "Not guilty," e.g. - used 76 times across 33 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Earnest request - used 65 times across 26 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- "Guilty" or "Not guilty" - used 50 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Appeal - used 49 times across 32 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Desperate request - used 35 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Emotional request - used 33 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Nolo contendere, e.g. - used 33 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2019
- __ bargain - used 30 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Heartfelt request - used 30 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Supplication - used 30 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Tearful request - used 30 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2023
- Court statement - used 25 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Request - used 24 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2016
- Type of bargain - used 24 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- "Guilty," e.g. - used 22 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- "Not guilty," for example - used 21 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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- PARE - 4 letters, 619 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection
- PANE - 4 letters, 617 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection
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