Practice boxing

The answer

SPAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPAR answer page.

Used 201 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 30 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SPAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPAR, most used first.

• Box - used 94 times, most recently in 2025
• Mast - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Rigging support - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Bandy words - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Practice in the ring - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Practice pugilism - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Sail support - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Shadowbox - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Prepare for a bout - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Practice punching - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Trade jabs - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Practice for a bout - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Boom - used 31 times, most recently in 2010
• Go a few rounds - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Train for a bout - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Trade punches - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Wrangle - used 25 times, most recently in 2014
• Ship pole - used 23 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Boxing match - BOUT, used 74 times
• Meditative practice - YOGA, used 50 times
• Boxing stats - TKOS, used 38 times
• Boxing prize - BELT, used 21 times

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