Early calculator
The crossword clue "Early calculator" is answered by ABACUS, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABACUS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABACUS answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABACUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABACUS, most used first.
- You can count on it - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Old counter - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Ancient calculator - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Calculator with beads - used 6 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.
- Early release - PAROLE, used 25 times
- Early online forum - USENET, used 20 times
- Early ascetic - ESSENE, used 19 times
- Early round, for short - PRELIM, used 12 times
- Early anesthetics - ETHERS, used 11 times
- Early computer - UNIVAC, used 10 times
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