PENT
Set to 16 different clues across 35 published puzzles, most often “Shut (up)” — The New York Times, Monday, 12 November 2007.
4 letters
Every clue on record, most used first
- Shut (up)10 times
The New York Times — Monday, 12 November 2007
- Locked (up)4 times
The New York Times — Thursday, 23 June 2011
- Confined, with "up"4 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 21 January 2007
- Cooped (up)3 times
The New York Times — Sunday, 15 January 2006
- Shut up2 times
The New York Times — Saturday, 3 April 2010
- Shut in2 times
The New York Times — Saturday, 7 February 1998
- Kept inonce
The New York Times — Saturday, 2 July 2011
- Abbr. on a certain elevator buttononce
The New York Times — Friday, 4 February 2005
- Constrained, with "up"once
The New York Times — Sunday, 2 January 2005
- Cagedonce
The New York Times — Thursday, 19 February 2004
- Confinedonce
The New York Times — Friday, 31 October 2003
- ___-up (confined)once
The New York Times — Thursday, 27 March 2003