Shortened word, for short
The crossword clue "Shortened word, for short" is answered by ABBR, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ABBR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABBR answer page.
Used 18 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABBR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABBR, most used first.
- Shortened wd. - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- E.g., e.g. - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Short form, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Shortened form of a wd. - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Shortened form, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Shortened form, in shortened form - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- This ans. is one - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- This answer, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- I.e., e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Mr. or Mrs. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- This ans., e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
Related clues
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- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Golden Rule word - UNTO, used 299 times
- Division word - INTO, used 273 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
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