Core of a PC
The crossword clue "Core of a PC" is answered by CPU, a 3-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CPU
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CPU answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CPU
Every other clue in this collection answered by CPU, most used first.
- PC's "brain" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- PC "brain" - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- PC core - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- "Brain" of a PC - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- PC component - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Apple core, for short - used 6 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.
- Corn core - COB, used 113 times
- Core muscles - ABS, used 68 times
- Core group? - ABS, used 14 times
- Core muscles, for short - ABS, used 12 times
- Core components - ABS, used 9 times
- Rotten to the core - BAD, used 7 times
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