Clues for the word "BUNT"
We've had 70 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 93 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on October 05, 2025.
Definition of bunt
- n. - A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
- n. - The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- v. i. - To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
- v. t. & i. - To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
Referring Clues
- It doesn't get far from home
- Diamond sacrifice
- Short hit, in baseball
- Minor hit
- It may be a sacrifice
- Batter's ploy
- Small hit
- Lay one down
- Make a sacrifice, perhaps
- Part of a suicide squeeze
- Lay one down, in baseball
- Sacrifice oneself?
- It can be a sacrifice
- Baseball strategy
- Short hit
- Suicide squeeze action
- Attempt to squeeze someone in?
- What to do after squaring around on a diamond
- It can be a drag
- It cannot result in the invocation of the infield fly rule
- 37-Across strategy
- Diamond ploy
- Diamond strategy
- Make a sacrifice?
- Baseball stratagem
- Sacrifice attempt, perhaps
- Baseball play
- It may be beaten out
- Push with the head
- Pushed with the head
- Sacrifice, often
- Batting ploy
- Sacrifice, often
- Batter's tactic
- Sacrifice hit
- Initiate a squeeze
- Part of a squeeze play
- Baseball sacrifice
- A batter might do this when he chokes up
- One way to sacrifice
- Kitty's affectionate gesture
- Short hit in baseball
- Baseball hit that doesn't go far
- Diamond tactic
- Attempt to sacrifice, in baseball
- Baseball tactic to advance a runner
- Sacrifice between the lines
- Part of a sacrifice, sometimes
- What a catcher might catch
- Start of a suicide squeeze
- Batter's sacrifice
- Baseball maneuver
- Baseball hit 14 (part 2) on time
- Sacrifice, at times
- Common sacrifice play
- Modest hit?
- Start of a squeeze play
- Infield single, maybe
- Batter's sacrifice play
- Diamond dink
- Hit close to home?
- Baseball batter's lightly hit ploy
- Batter's job in a squeeze play
- Many a sacrifice play in baseball
- Baseball action that sounds like a cake
- Baseball ploy to advance a runner
- Short baseball hit
- Hit without swinging
- Baseball ploy
- Common sacrifice
Last Seen In
- LA Times - October 05, 2025
- LA Times - May 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 24, 2025
- USA Today - June 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 02, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 29, 2023
- New York Times - July 13, 2023
- USA Today - June 18, 2023
- LA Times - March 14, 2023
- LA Times - August 13, 2022
- USA Today - December 01, 2017
- Universal - November 04, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 01, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 15, 2017
- Netword - March 10, 2017
- Universal - October 16, 2016
- Universal - September 11, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - July 07, 2016
- LA Times - June 27, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 30, 2016
- USA Today - April 18, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 16, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - April 08, 2016
- Netword - March 27, 2016
- New York Times - March 21, 2016
- Chronicle of Higher Education - March 11, 2016
- Netword - January 31, 2016
- Netword - October 20, 2015
- Chronicle of Higher Education - September 25, 2015
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