Genetic molecule

The answer

DNA

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DNA answer page.

Used 25 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• RNA (29 uses in xd)

Other clues for DNA

Every other clue in this collection answered by DNA, most used first.

• "CSI" evidence - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
• Genetic stuff - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Genetic letters - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Genetic material - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Double-helix molecule - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Crime lab evidence - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "CSI" find - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Chain letters? - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Genetic initials - used 31 times, most recently in 2016
• Genetic ID - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Modern-day evidence - used 23 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Genetic letters - RNA, used 265 times
• Genetic messenger - RNA, used 141 times
• Genetic material - RNA, used 115 times
• Messenger molecule - RNA, used 115 times
• Genetic stuff - RNA, used 81 times
• Single-stranded molecule - RNA, used 47 times

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