___ ex machina
The crossword clue "___ ex machina" is answered by DEUS, a 4-letter entry. Used 134 times across 57 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 29 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
DEUS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEUS answer page.
Used 134 times across 57 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 29 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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