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ABBR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABBR answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 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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• NOUN (1 uses in xd)

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
• Shortened word, for short - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• 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

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.

• In this place - HERE, used 118 times
• "Take this" - HERE, used 106 times
• "This can't be!" - OHNO, used 76 times
• This: Sp. - ESTA, used 75 times
• This and that - BOTH, used 74 times
• Not this - THAT, used 69 times

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