Earlier than, to poets
The crossword clue "Earlier than, to poets" is answered by AFORE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
AFORE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AFORE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AFORE
Every other clue in this collection answered by AFORE, most used first.
- Ere - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Prior to, old-style - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Previously - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Earlier, quaintly - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Prefix for "mentioned" - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Prior to, poetically - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Prefix with mentioned - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Previous to - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Earlier, in verse - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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- More than enough - AMPLE, used 185 times
- Higher than - ABOVE, used 107 times
- Perform better than - OUTDO, used 79 times
- Earlier - PRIOR, used 74 times
- No later than - UNTIL, used 58 times
- Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times
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