Alphabetic trio
The crossword clue "Alphabetic trio" is answered by CDE, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CDE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CDE answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CDE, most used first.
- B-F connection - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
- Alphabet trio - used 17 times, most recently in 2011
- B followers - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- B-F connectors - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Three after B - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Do, re, mi - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Alphabet run - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Alphabetic sequence - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- String after B - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Alphabetic trio - STU, used 67 times
- Trio after Q - RST, used 43 times
- 1959 Kingston Trio hit - MTA, used 40 times
- Kingston Trio hit - MTA, used 39 times
- Alphabet trio - RST, used 34 times
- Trio after R - STU, used 26 times
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