- NUB
- Gist
- Well-loved pencil
- No. 2 end
- Broken crayon, perhaps
- Heart
- Pencil box bit
- Very-much-used pencil
- Oversharpened pencil?
- Well-worn pencil
- Essence
- Essential point
- Short piece of pencil
- Short pencil
- Much-used pencil, maybe
- Kernel
- Pencil remnant
- It's not much left to write
- Last bit of lead
- Not much to write?
- #2 bit
- What's almost 100% unleaded?
- Heart of the matter
- Small protuberance
- 1" pencil, maybe
- Core
- Core issue
- Nitty-gritty
- Nexus
- Ground-down tip
- Something whittled down
- Well-used pencil
- Worn-down pencil
- Crux
- Much-used pencil
- Lump
- Pencil eraser, e.g.
- Pencil, barely
- Small protrusion
- End of a pencil
- Half-inch pencil
- Very short pencil
- Pencil end
- Point of a story: Colloq.
- Gist of anything.
- Gist of a story: Colloq.
- Point; gist.
- Knob or knot.
- Gist: Colloq.
- Point: Colloq.
- Knob.
- Pith.
- Small piece
- The heart of the matter
- Gist of a story
- Punch line
- The real issue
- Core; kernel
- One-inch pencil, say
- Center
- Central point
- Small lump
- Essence of an idea
- Pencil after lots of crosswords, maybe?
- Worn-down pencil, e.g.
- Pencil that's been much used
- Pencil at the end of its life
- Well-used pencil, say
- Bump on a log, say
- Pencil on its last legs
- Central part
- Worn-down bit
- Well-loved pencil, perhaps
- Worn-down part
- Pencil stump
- The skinny
- Gist of the matter
- Pencil stump, e.g.
- Run-down pencil
- Itty-bitty pencil
- Pencil lump
- Worn pencil, e.g.
- Stubby pencil, e.g.
- Pencil you used all semester, say
- What something might be worn down to
- Little pencil
- Nearly gone pencil
- A pencil that's mostly eraser
- Worn-down crayon
- Mostly used-up pencil
- Short piece of a pencil
- Pencil, late in life
- Pencil stub
- Stubby end
- Little lump
- Stump
- Salient point
- Main point
- Worn-down piece
- Small bump
