By means of
The crossword clue "By means of" is answered by VIA, a 3-letter entry. Used 95 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
VIA
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIA answer page.
Used 95 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for VIA
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIA, most used first.
- By way of - used 728 times, most recently in 2026
- Through - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
- Itinerary word - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Routing word - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Passing through - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Using - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- "By all means!" - YES, used 53 times
- By means of - PER, used 40 times
- It means nothing - NIL, used 24 times
- "This means ___!" - WAR, used 22 times
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