Formerly, once
The crossword clue "Formerly, once" is answered by ERST, a 4-letter entry. Used 126 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ERST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERST answer page.
Used 126 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERST
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERST, most used first.
- Formerly, formerly - used 240 times, most recently in 2026
- Once, once - used 177 times, most recently in 2025
- Prefix for while - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Whilom. - used 66 times, most recently in 2016
- Formerly. - used 51 times, most recently in 2014
- Formerly, old style - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
- At one time, at one time - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Formerly, of old - used 24 times, most recently in 1976
- While lead-in - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
- Prefix with "while" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Formerly - ONCE, used 402 times
- Once more - ANEW, used 292 times
- "Once ___ a time ..." - UPON, used 284 times
- Thailand, once - SIAM, used 192 times
- Once again - ANEW, used 125 times
- Gave the once-over - EYED, used 87 times
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