The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CON , but the solution may also be COAUTHOR which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Pen pal? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CON | 19 % | 3 |
| INMATE | 16 % | 6 |
| INK | 9 % | 3 |
| CELLMATE | 9 % | 8 |
| COB | 9 % | 3 |
| SOW | 6 % | 3 |
| FELON | 6 % | 5 |
| PORKER | 6 % | 6 |
| PIG | 6 % | 3 |
| COAUTHOR | 3 % | 8 |
| TRUSTEE | 3 % | 7 |
| PRISONER | 3 % | 8 |
| BOAR | 3 % | 4 |
Why may COAUTHOR be the right solution?
The term "pen pal" refers to someone with whom you exchange letters or emails. A co-author is someone with whom you write a book or an article together, sharing the same pen or keyboard. Therefore, "pen pal" is a playful way to clue the answer "COAUTHOR".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pen pal?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pen-friend
- penfriend
- letter writer
- corresponder
- correspondent
- friend
- penner
- pardner
- old friend
- schoolfriend
- writee
- buddy
Crossword Answer definitions
CON verb- To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
- (abbreviation) conservative
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
- To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
- An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
- The conversion of part of a building.
- Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CON
- Jailer's charge
- Man in the pen
- Joint tenant
- Kind of game
- Take for a ride
- Thimblerig
- Swindle
- __ brio
- One who didn't dodge a charge?
- Spam, often (and the start of a split order of rice porridge)
More clues leading to the result INMATE
- Big house resident
- Joint tenant?
- Con
- Resident unable to leave
- "The Shawshank Redemption" extra
- Capone, from 1931 to 1939
- Pen pal?
- Slammer resident
- Sing Sing resident
- Warden's ward
More clues leading to the result INK
- Sign, as a contract
- Squid juice
- Writing fluid
- Calamari ejection
- Cephalopod's defense
- Invisible __
- Press coverage
- Shirt-pocket stain, often
- Sign
- Sign up
More clues leading to the result CELLMATE
- Pen pal?
- Roomie in prison
- Pen pal, perhaps
- Sharer of cooler space
- 5-Down cohabitant
- Person you're in with
- Fellow felon
More clues leading to the result COB
- Corn eater's leftover
- Male swan
- Kernel holder
- Corn-eater's throwaway
- Pen pal
- Thing held at a corn festival
- Middle ear part?
- Barbecue discard
- Barbecue throwaway
- Corn holder
More clues leading to the result SOW
- Boar's mate
- Disseminate
- Mama porker
- Farm denizen
- Farm mother
- Hog's mate
- Petunia or Miss Piggy
- Farm mom
- Plant
- Farm female
More clues leading to the result FELON
- Lawbreaker
- Big house resident
- Criminal
- Kidnaper, e.g.
- Con
- Many a convict
- Burglar
- One that's put away
- Racketeer, e.g.
- Big-time criminal
More clues leading to the result PORKER
- Hog
- Bacon on the hoof
- Pig for the market
- Filmdom's Babe, e.g.
- Pig
- Sty dweller
- Squeal source
- A pig.
- Pig.
- Fatted pig.
More clues leading to the result PIG
- He has a lot on his plate
- Sow
- Big eater
- ___ out
- Cop, to one who hates cops
- Messy person
- Petunia, for one
- Glutton
- Thirds taker
- __ iron
More clues leading to the result COAUTHOR
More clues leading to the result TRUSTEE
- Board member
- Member of the board
- Museum official
- Board member, perhaps
- Board meeting attendee
- Legal guardian
- College board member
- Part of a board
- Administrator
- Corporate watchdog
More clues leading to the result PRISONER
- Jailbird
- Jailhouse lawyer, for example
- Pen occupant
- Cell user
- Joint tenant?
- "Orange Is the New Black" extra
- Captive
- Jean Valjean, e.g.
- Cooler guy
- Con