Unreturned tennis serve

The answer

ACE

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

Used 24 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ACE

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

• Expert - used 308 times, most recently in 2026
• High card - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
• Top card - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Star pitcher - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Hole in one - used 91 times, most recently in 2025
• Whiz - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• King topper - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
• Crackerjack - used 65 times, most recently in 2023
• Blackjack card - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Royal flush card - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Big heart? - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Top pitcher - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• King beater - used 48 times, most recently in 2024
• Hotshot - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Tennis feat - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Virtuoso - used 43 times, most recently in 2024
• Point of no return? - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Super serve - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Perfect serve - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Top poker card - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a royal flush - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Unreturned serve - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Card. - used 30 times, most recently in 1975
• Versatile blackjack card - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Big club - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Pro - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Get 100% on - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Great serve - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Score 100% on - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Unreturnable serve - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Bandage brand - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Top gun - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ Ventura: Pet Detective" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Great service - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Highest poker card - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Tennis court divider - NET, used 159 times
• Tennis do-over - LET, used 103 times
• Tennis call - LET, used 80 times
• Tennis unit - SET, used 62 times
• Shriver of tennis - PAM, used 59 times
• Tennis shot - LOB, used 55 times

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