Abacus piece
The crossword clue "Abacus piece" is answered by BEAD, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BEAD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEAD answer page.
Used 31 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BEAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEAD, most used first.
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