Half a figure eight
The crossword clue "Half a figure eight" is answered by ESS, a 3-letter entry. Used 56 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ESS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESS answer page.
Used 56 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESS, most used first.
- Curvy letter - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
- Letter. - used 174 times, most recently in 1998
- Double curve - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
- Snaky shape - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Letter before tee - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
- Feminine suffix - used 122 times, most recently in 2022
- Twisty turn - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Pothook shape - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Road curve - used 70 times, most recently in 2024
- Curved letter - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Curve - used 68 times, most recently in 2021
- Double-curve letter - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Tee preceder - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Slalom curve - used 60 times, most recently in 2021
- Twisty letter - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Serpentine shape - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- 19th letter - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
- Snaky letter - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Twisty shape - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Scrollwork shape - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Superman's symbol - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- Suffix with lion - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Feminine ending - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
- Hook shape - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Tricky curve - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Self starter? - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Snaky curve - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Twisty curve - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Curvy character - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
- Tricky turn - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
- Double-curve shape - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Superman's insignia - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
- Winding curve - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- Serpentine letter - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Slalom maneuver - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Half a score - TEN, used 144 times
- Half and half - ONE, used 131 times
- Half a dance - CHA, used 96 times
- Half a fly - TSE, used 95 times
- Half of bi- - UNI, used 88 times
- Bikini half - BRA, used 68 times
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