Otherwise called

The answer

AKA

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

Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 8 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.

• ALIAS (7 uses in xd)

Other clues for AKA

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

• Letters before an alias - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
• Alias letters - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Alias abbr. - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
• Rap sheet letters - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Wanted poster letters - used 75 times, most recently in 2025
• Rap sheet abbr. - used 70 times, most recently in 2025
• Wanted poster abbr. - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Alias - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Alias introducer - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Blotter letters - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Letters on a wanted poster - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Letters before a pseudonym - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Alias initials - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Alias lead-in - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Alias indicator - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Letters before a pen name - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Police blotter letters - used 21 times, most recently in 2020
• Letters before a fictional name - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Letters between two names - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Alias, for short - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Dossier letters - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Letters between names - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Letters before a stage name - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Letters preceding an alias - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Sometimes called - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Letters before a nickname - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Wanted poster initials - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Alias, briefly - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Initials before an alias - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Alias, initially - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Alias inits. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Lead-in to an alias - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Pseudonym letters - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Rap sheet shorthand - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• "Alias" equivalent - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• APB letters - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Dossier abbr. - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Rap sheet initials - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Abbreviation before an alias - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Alternate name indicator - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Letters on a rap sheet - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Nicknamed - used 6 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.

• Once called - NEE, used 138 times
• Formerly called - NEE, used 96 times
• Originally called - NEE, used 55 times
• Wish otherwise - RUE, used 32 times
• Called the shots - LED, used 21 times
• __-disant (so-called) - SOI, used 20 times

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