Crossword clues - Answer
DES
DES is a 3-letter crossword answer with 5 clues in this pilot. Across those clues it has 1,287 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
DES
DES
3Letters
5Clues in pilot
1,287Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for DES in this pilot
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- ___ Moines - used 623 times across 75 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- ___ Moines, Iowa - used 256 times across 35 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- __ Moines, IA - used 156 times across 31 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- ___ Plaines - used 148 times across 57 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- ___ Plaines, Illinois - used 104 times across 29 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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