Part of A.M.

The answer

ANTE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTE answer page.

Used 52 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 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.

• MERIDIEM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ANTE

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

• Poker payment - used 242 times, most recently in 2026
• Pay to play - used 214 times, most recently in 2026
• Poker stake - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
• Pot starter - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
• Feed the kitty - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Chip in - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Poker pot starter - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Initial stake - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Poker buy-in - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Initial chip - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Initial poker payment - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Start the pot - used 57 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.

• Part of Q.E.D. - ERAT, used 477 times
• Part of A.D. - ANNO, used 301 times
• Part of QED - ERAT, used 274 times
• Molecule part - ATOM, used 269 times
• Hammer part - PEEN, used 208 times
• Camera part - LENS, used 183 times

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