"Able was I ___..."
The crossword clue ""Able was I ___..."" is answered by ERE, a 3-letter entry. Used 40 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ERE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERE answer page.
Used 40 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 10 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.
- EREISAW (1 uses in xd)
- EREISAWELBA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ERE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERE, most used first.
- Before - used 733 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, poetically - used 277 times, most recently in 2026
- Afore - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic preposition - used 230 times, most recently in 2026
- Bard's "before" - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, in poetry - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
- Prior to - used 173 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, in verse - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, in poems - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- "... ___ he drove out of sight" - used 114 times, most recently in 2025
- Palindromic preposition - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, to Byron - used 108 times, most recently in 2025
- Before, to bards - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, of yore - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, before - used 97 times, most recently in 2025
- Poet's "before" - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic "before" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Poet's preposition - used 75 times, most recently in 2023
- Before, to a bard - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Prior to, poetically - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- "... ___ I saw Elba" - used 64 times, most recently in 2019
- Sooner than. - used 64 times, most recently in 2022
- Before, once - used 62 times, most recently in 2024
- Poetic palindrome - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Prior to, to Prior - used 51 times, most recently in 2023
- Before, to the Bard - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, to Burns - used 45 times, most recently in 2010
- Previous to - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Before, to poets - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, to a poet - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Before, in poesy - used 39 times, most recently in 2015
- Prior to, in poetry - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Byron's "before" - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
- Bard's preposition - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Before, to Shakespeare - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Palindromic "before" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Prior to, in verse - used 28 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.
- "-- was saying ..." - ASI, used 395 times
- "How was ___ know?" - ITO, used 164 times
- Was ahead - LED, used 137 times
- Is able to - CAN, used 96 times
- Was introduced to - MET, used 86 times
- Was in front - LED, used 73 times
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