Part to play
The crossword clue "Part to play" is answered by ROLE, a 4-letter entry. Used 149 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ROLE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROLE answer page.
Used 149 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ROLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROLE, most used first.
- Part - used 170 times, most recently in 2026
- Function - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
- Actor's part - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Part in a play - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Portrayal - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- Actor's quest - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Auditioner's goal - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Acting part - used 36 times, most recently in 2022
- Play part - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Part in a movie - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Movie part - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Film part - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Part of Q.E.D. - ERAT, used 477 times
- Part of A.D. - ANNO, used 301 times
- Part of QED - ERAT, used 274 times
- Molecule part - ATOM, used 269 times
- Eye part - IRIS, used 242 times
- Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
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