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ATE

3 letters - 16 clues in this pilot

ATE is a 3-letter crossword answer with 16 clues in this pilot. Across those clues it has 2,062 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.

The answer

ATE

ATE

3Letters
16Clues in pilot
2,062Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for ATE in this pilot

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  • Chowed down - used 231 times across 33 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Dined - used 194 times across 57 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Gobbled up - used 186 times across 35 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Had a bite - used 184 times across 46 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Had lunch - used 140 times across 37 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Broke bread - used 135 times across 39 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Noshed - used 130 times across 40 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Polished off - used 129 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Had a meal - used 118 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Downed - used 113 times across 33 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Had a snack - used 104 times across 33 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Feasted - used 83 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Had dinner - used 82 times across 33 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Had something - used 79 times across 25 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Wolfed down - used 78 times across 29 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Packed away - used 76 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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