___ Moines
The crossword clue "___ Moines" is answered by DES, a 3-letter entry. Used 623 times across 75 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 40 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
DES
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DES answer page.
Used 623 times across 75 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 40 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DES
Every other clue in this pilot answered by DES, most used first.
- ___ Moines, Iowa - used 256 times, most recently in 2026
- __ Moines, IA - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Plaines - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Plaines, Illinois - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
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