Belly muscles, for short

The answer

ABS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABS answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ABS

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

• Tummy muscles - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunch targets - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack muscles - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit-up targets - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Belly muscles - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Core muscles - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Stomach muscles, for short - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Stomach muscles - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Sit-up muscles - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "Washboard" muscles - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack muscles, for short - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Tummy muscles, for short - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Bodybuilder's pride - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Stomach muscles, briefly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunched muscles - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunches work them - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Six-pack makeup - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack components - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Six-pack ___ - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Six-pack contents - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Core group? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Midriff muscles - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscles worked by planks - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Workout target - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Core muscles, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Muscles worked by crunches - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Gym rat's six-pack - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Plank targets - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Washboard ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Exercise target - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Situp targets - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• College degrees. - used 9 times, most recently in 1977
• Core components - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Crunch targets, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Crunches strengthen them - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Midsection muscles - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Muscles to crunch - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Situp muscles - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Iron pumper's pride - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Stomach muscles, informally - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Middle muscles - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Sit-up beneficiaries - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Six-pack set - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Targets of crunches - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Bodybuilder's concern - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Bodybuilder's "washboard" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Pecs' neighbors - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Six-pack units - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Toning targets - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times

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