Pencil, barely Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Pencil, barely . 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 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NUB.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NUB Pencil, barely (3)
13% STUB Barely-there pencil (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 10, 2026
11% NUBS Barely usable pencils (4) LA Times Daily Dec 27, 2025
8% WROTE Used a pencil (5) Commuter Jan 2, 2026
8% TIMESUP "Pencils down!" (7) Eugene Sheffer Jan 1, 2026
8% DRAWN Depicted with a pencil (5) Commuter Dec 30, 2025
8% EKE ___ by (barely manage) (3) USA Today Dec 30, 2025
8% UNCOVERED Bare (9) (9) Puzzler Dec 23, 2025
8% TIMBERLINE "Pencils down!," for one? (10) LA Times Daily Dec 19, 2025
8% ERASER Pencil end (6) Thomas Joseph Dec 9, 2025
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