Prior to A.D.
The crossword clue "Prior to A.D." is answered by BCE, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BCE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BCE answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BCE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BCE, most used first.
- Pre-A.D. - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Dating letters - used 18 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.
- Prior to - ERE, used 173 times
- Prior to, poetically - ERE, used 65 times
- Prior night - EVE, used 53 times
- Prior to, to Prior - ERE, used 51 times
- Prior to, in poetry - ERE, used 34 times
- Prior to, in verse - ERE, used 28 times
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