Early lessons

The answer

ABCS

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Basic principles - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• "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
• 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.

• Early Peruvian - INCA, used 90 times
• Early automaker - OLDS, used 46 times
• Early birds? - EGGS, used 44 times
• Early video game - PONG, used 41 times
• Early pulpit - AMBO, used 32 times
• Early Ron Howard role - OPIE, used 28 times

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