Software prototype
The crossword clue "Software prototype" is answered by BETA, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BETA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BETA answer page.
Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BETA
Every other clue in this collection answered by BETA, most used first.
- Alpha follower - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek letter - used 93 times, most recently in 2023
- __ carotene - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Software test version - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Letter after alpha - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Phi __ Kappa - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Test version - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Second in a series - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Second Greek letter - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Key letter - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
- Second letter - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ blocker - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
- Kind of blocker - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Second of a series. - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
- Gamma preceder - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Alpha, ___, gamma - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Testing stage - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Loser to VHS - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Test release - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of test - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Letter before gamma - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- App testing stage - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Early software version - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Prerelease software version - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Pre-release software version - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- __ test - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Testing phase - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Aristotle's "B" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Early VCR format - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Greek B - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Obsolete VCR format - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Software testing stage - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- VHS alternative - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Software buyer - USER, used 50 times
- Software purchaser - USER, used 35 times
- Software customer - USER, used 34 times
- __-friendly software - USER, used 23 times
- Software glitches - BUGS, used 7 times
- Web-crawling software - BOTS, used 6 times
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