Basic principles

The answer

ABCS

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

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• TENETS (5 uses in xd)
• ELEMENTS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ABCS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ABCS, most used first.

• Basics - used 263 times, most recently in 2026
• Fundamentals - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Rudiments - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Kindergarten basics - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Grade-school basics - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• The basics - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Preschool basics - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sesame Street" basics - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Kindergarten lesson - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Kid stuff - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• "Now I know my ___ ..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Nuts and bolts - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Basic lessons - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Essentials - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Basics for beginning readers - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Kindergartner's recitation - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Pre-K basics - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Alphabet - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Basic facts - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Basic stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Elementary school basics - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Kindergarten stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• School basics - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Basic info - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Basic skills - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Early lessons - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• First grade subject. - used 8 times, most recently in 1974
• Lessons for tots - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Preschool recitation - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Reading basics - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Sesame Street" lesson - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• "Sesame Street" subject - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Simple stuff - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Basic teachings - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Block letters. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Early lesson - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• First lessons - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Kindergarten subject - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Rudimentary learning - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Building blocks - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Elementary lesson - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Elementary lessons - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Kindergarten instruction - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kindergarten learning - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Kindergarten lessons - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Kindergarten recitation - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Primer material - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Things to learn first - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Basic idea - GIST, used 43 times
• Basic French verb - ETRE, used 41 times
• Basic unit of matter - ATOM, used 21 times
• Basic particle - ATOM, used 19 times
• Basic building block - ATOM, used 17 times
• Basic Latin verb. - ESSE, used 14 times

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