Chess rating system

The answer

ELO

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

Used 21 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELO

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

• "Xanadu" band - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• "Evil Woman" band - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• "Evil Woman" gp. - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't Bring Me Down" band - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "Telephone Line" band - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
• "Xanadu" rock gp. - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• "Evil Woman" band, for short - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hold On Tight" band - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "Strange Magic" gp. - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "Strange Magic" band - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• "Xanadu" band, for short - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• "Mr. Blue Sky" band - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "Mr. Blue Sky" band, for short - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Strange Magic" band, for short - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Evil Woman" rock gp. - used 22 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.

• Chess pieces - MEN, used 178 times
• Bond rating - AAA, used 116 times
• Chess piece - MAN, used 78 times
• Prefix with system - ECO, used 58 times
• Belief system - ISM, used 54 times
• Blood-typing system - ABO, used 53 times

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