Clues for the word "PUNT"
We've had 106 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 196 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on June 26, 2026.
Definition of punt
- v. i. - To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.
- n. - Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
- n. - A flat-bottomed boat with square ends. It is adapted for use in shallow waters.
- v. t. - To propel, as a boat in shallow water, by pushing with a pole against the bottom; to push or propel (anything) with exertion.
- v. t. - To kick (the ball) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands.
- n. - The act of punting the ball.
Referring Clues
- Fourth-down option
- Give up, slangily
- Fourth down option
- Football kick
- Admit defeat, in a way
- Give up the pigskin
- Kick without a tee
- Gridiron kick
- Equivocate
- Quarterback option
- It precedes a return
- Kick
- Gridiron option on fourth down
- Giant kick
- Kick with a "hang time"
- Fourth-down call
- Bears' strategy
- Fourth-down play
- Equivocate, so to speak
- Fourth-down decision, sometimes
- Turn over the pigskin, in a way
- Fourth-down play, often
- It's a kick
- One way to transfer the pigskin
- Football strategy
- Gridiron maneuver
- Fourth-down decision, often
- Kick with a hang time
- Grid play
- Usual fourth down play
- Football play
- Rubber raft
- Kick on fourth
- Pass a problem on
- Give up the ball
- Quarterback's option
- Football tactic
- Fourth-down decision
- Fourth-down kick
- Flat boat
- Flat-bottomed boat
- Football option
- Abandon one's efforts, informally
- Pass the buck
- Pre-euro Irish coin
- Pass the buck, informally
- High up
- Bad choice on first down
- Give up, at least for now
- Pole down the Thames
- Throw in the towel
- Fourth and long strategy
- Cede the pigskin, in a way
- Fourth down play
- It's propelled by a pole
- Three-and-out follower, in football
- Common play on fourth down
- Grid iron kick
- Many a fourth-down play
- Gridiron strategy
- Fourth-and-long play, often
- Result of a sack on third and long, maybe
- Fourth down alternative
- Kick on fourth down
- Long high kick
- River boat
- Fourth-down kick in football
- Open flat-bottomed boat
- Boat
- 10 set to cross Norway
- Bet it will float
- Old currency gamble?
- Do gamblers get a kick when they do?
- Gasp after adult's gone for upper-class boot
- Boat with pole - bet
- Square-ended boat
- Money for boat
- Boat propelled by pole
- Bet (in old Irish money?)
- Boat once current across the water
- Bet the Euro's replaced it
- It's made by a better boat
- Do the smart thing on fourth-and-long
- Narrow boat
- Boatman's craft is tip-top! A groan-up joke first!
- Boat to bet on?
- A boat to boot!
- Could have been spent in old Ireland
- "Three and out" football play
- Cede the pigskin
- Contrapuntal piece that'll give you a kick
- Special teams play
- Fourth-and-long option
- Fourth and way-long ploy
- Kick a football
- Not face the issue
- Give up (on)
- Get rid of the ball, in a way
- Kick from a football team?
- Defer for now
- Drop kick
- Defer a decision, informally
- Rugby kick
- Delay deciding, informally
- Side kick?
- Common fourth-and-long decision
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - June 26, 2026
- Daily Quick - May 24, 2026
- Daily American - October 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 29, 2025
- New York Times - July 21, 2025
- New York Times - July 09, 2025
- New York Times - June 25, 2025
- Daily American - May 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 10, 2025
- Daily American - March 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 04, 2024
- USA Today - February 17, 2024
- USA Today - November 27, 2023
- LA Times - November 16, 2023
- LA Times - November 08, 2023
- Daily American - October 02, 2023
- Daily Quick - September 29, 2023
- And in 166 more crossword puzzles...