Approx.
The crossword clue "Approx." is answered by EST, a 3-letter entry. Used 74 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EST
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EST answer page.
Used 74 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ABT (6 uses in xd)
- CIR (2 uses in xd)
- CIRC (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EST
Every other clue in this collection answered by EST, most used first.
- Superlative suffix - used 521 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballpark fig. - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
- Superlative ending - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
- "Guinness Book" suffix - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
- "C'___ la vie!" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Id ___ - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of i.e. - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- N. Y. time - used 41 times, most recently in 1999
- Body shop fig. - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Guinness suffix - used 37 times, most recently in 2018
- Superlative finish - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Approximate fig. - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Cornerstone abbr. - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- "To the max" indicator - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
- More than -er - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- The "e" of i.e. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Inexact fig. - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Attendance fig., often - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Before - ERE, used 733 times
- Greek vowel - ETA, used 549 times
- Greek letter - ETA, used 512 times
- Mess up - ERR, used 508 times
- Work unit - ERG, used 488 times
- Dawn goddess - EOS, used 446 times
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