Geological span

The answer

ERA

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

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 6 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.

• EON (18 uses in xd)
• EPOCH (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERA

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

• Historical period - used 383 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic time - used 309 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic period - used 277 times, most recently in 2026
• Period - used 270 times, most recently in 2026
• Pitcher's stat - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
• Epoch - used 220 times, most recently in 2026
• Pitching stat - used 170 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorable time - used 167 times, most recently in 2026
• Notable time - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
• Mound stat - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
• Notable period - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
• Important time - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• Time period - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
• Chapter of history - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• Slice of history - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Time. - used 94 times, most recently in 2025
• Age - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorable period - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Period of history - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Baseball stat - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Chapter in history - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Geological period - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Victorian, for one - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Big time - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Period of time - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Significant period - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ of Good Feelings - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Big Band ___ - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Hurler's stat - used 55 times, most recently in 2023
• Notable time period - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Stretch of history - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Stretch of years - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Period in history - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Period of note - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Important period - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Distinctive period - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Time to remember - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• "It's the end of an ___" - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Victorian ___ - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Detergent brand - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Time in history - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Noteworthy period - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Important age - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Significant time - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• End of an ___ - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Timeline segment - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic stretch - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Paleozoic, for one - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Geologic period - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Historical time - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Noteworthy time - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Significant time period - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Diamond stat - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Span of history - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Time of note - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Time piece? - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Significant stretch - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Big Band, for one - used 25 times, most recently in 2018
• Chunk of history - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Closer's stat - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of B.C.E. - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• Piece of the past - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• The Roaring Twenties, e.g. - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Time span - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Historical span - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Important time period - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Noted period - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Significant span - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Division of history - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Great time - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Historical chapter - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Segment of history - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Christian ___ - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorable time period - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Timeline division - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• History chapter - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• History segment - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Prohibition ___ - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Stat for a pitcher - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Victorian, e.g. - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Mesozoic, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Stretch of time - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Time frame - used 17 times, most recently in 2010
• Baseball's dead-ball ___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Bullpen stat - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Distinct period - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• History stretch - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Long time - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Paleozoic ___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Paleozoic, e.g. - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Reliever's stat - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• The "E" in BCE - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Gay Nineties, e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Historic age - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• NOW cause - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Piece of history - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Stage of history - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Tide competitor - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Baseball's Steroid ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Bit of history - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Distinctive time - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Historian's study - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Notable span - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ of Good Feeling - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• Prohibition, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• All alternative - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Historian's focus - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic chapter - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Noteworthy time period - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Paleozoic or Mesozoic - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• The Big Band ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Timeline section - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cy Young Award consideration, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Disco ___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Generation - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Geologic division - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• Hunk of history - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Important stretch - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of BCE - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Prohibition, for one - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Time division - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Timeline stretch - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Big stretch - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cy Young stat - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Eon division - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Geologic time period - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Historical age - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Historical stretch - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• History book chapter - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• History unit - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse-and-buggy ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Modern ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• New ___ (baseball cap brand) - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Noted time - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Prominent period - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• The end of an ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Timeline portion - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Cycle. - used 10 times, most recently in 1997
• Distinctive time period - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Eon subdivision - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Eventful period - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Geological time - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Historic span - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Important span - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Laundry detergent brand - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mesozoic, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Newsworthy time - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Obama ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Roaring Twenties, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Special time - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Stat for an ace - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Stat for Clayton Kershaw - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Stat for Clemens - used 10 times, most recently in 2002
• Tide rival - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Ballpark fig. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Baseball card stat - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Cenozoic, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Cenozoic or Mesozoic - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Cy Young Award stat - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Golden time - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Historic time period - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Jazz __ - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Long stretch - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Major stretch - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• MLB stat - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• New ___ (cap brand) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Notable stretch - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Reconstruction, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Starter's stat - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Stat for pitchers - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Timeline slice - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Victorian or Napoleonic - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Ace's stat - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Chapter - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Elizabethan or Victorian - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Gaslight ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Historical segment - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• History-book period - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• History topic - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Internet ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Major time period - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Memorable stretch - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Memorable time in history - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Mesozoic or Cenozoic - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Mesozoic or Paleozoic - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Notable period of time - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Particular period - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Procter & Gamble detergent - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Procter & Gamble detergent brand - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Significant period of time - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Swing __ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Tide alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Unforgettable time - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Unforgettable time for historians - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Victorian or Edwardian, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Wisk alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Century 21 competitor - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Christian, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Common __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Depression, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Elizabethan ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Elizabethan, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Eventful time - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Gay Nineties, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Historical time period - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• History chunk - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Momentous time - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Monroe's ___ of Good Feeling - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Obama ___ (2009-17) - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Part of an eon - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Pitching number - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Progressive ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Reconstruction, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Significant stretch of time - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Slice of time - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Time of importance - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Time worth remembering - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Day and age - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Division of time - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Geologic time division - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• History book chapter, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• It's full of periods - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Long period of time - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Memorable span - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Notable period in history - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Notable time span - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Page of history - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Pedro Martinez stat - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Period of years - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Pitcher's pride - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Procter & Gamble brand - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Span of time - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Stat for a reliever - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• The "E" in B.C.E. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Time for the history books - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Time line segment - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Time period that may be named for a president - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Time stretch - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Timeline part - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Victorian or Big Band - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Years of note - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Geological period - EON, used 18 times
• Geological span - EON, used 18 times
• Gold: Span. - ORO, used 18 times
• Span. lady - SRA, used 16 times
• Geological time period - EON, used 15 times
• Wave: Span. - OLA, used 13 times

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