Old counter
The crossword clue "Old counter" is answered by ABACUS, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 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 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 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
- Early calculator - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- 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.
- Old salt - SEADOG, used 34 times
- Old Testament book - ESTHER, used 32 times
- Old Testament prophet - ISAIAH, used 31 times
- Old Faithful, e.g. - GEYSER, used 23 times
- Old Faithful, for one - GEYSER, used 22 times
- Old sayings - ADAGES, used 19 times
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