__ Moines, IA
The crossword clue "__ Moines, IA" is answered by DES, a 3-letter entry. Used 156 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DES
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DES answer page.
Used 156 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DES
Every other clue in this collection answered by DES, most used first.
- ___ Moines - used 623 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Moines, Iowa - used 256 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Plaines - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Plaines, Illinois - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- __ Plaines, IL - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Plaines, Ill. - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
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