Letter before beta
The crossword clue "Letter before beta" is answered by ALPHA, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ALPHA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALPHA answer page.
Used 22 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ALPHA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALPHA, most used first.
- First Greek letter - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Dominant - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Omega's opposite - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
- Top dog - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Greek leader? - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- First letter - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- __-Bits (letter-shaped cereal) - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek letter - used 22 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Last Greek letter - OMEGA, used 187 times
- Greek letter - THETA, used 103 times
- First Hebrew letter - ALEPH, used 90 times
- Last letter - OMEGA, used 83 times
- Letter before iota - THETA, used 79 times
- Phi Beta __ - KAPPA, used 64 times
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