Hard pencils to sharpen Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Hard pencils to sharpen . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STUBS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STUBS Hard pencils to sharpen (5)
4% NUB Pencil that may not be sharpened any further (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 10, 2025
4% DESK Place for a pencil sharpener (4) New York Times Oct 30, 2025
3% HONE Sharpen (4) Commuter Jan 8, 2026
3% WROTE Used a pencil (5) Commuter Jan 2, 2026
3% LENIENT Not hard (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 2, 2026
3% TIMESUP "Pencils down!" (7) Eugene Sheffer Jan 1, 2026
3% DRAWN Depicted with a pencil (5) Commuter Dec 30, 2025
3% TIMBERLINE "Pencils down!," for one? (10) LA Times Daily Dec 19, 2025
3% STROP Barber's sharpener (5) Newsday Dec 15, 2025
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