Prior to
The crossword clue "Prior to" is answered by ERE, a 3-letter entry. Used 173 times across 58 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ERE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERE answer page.
Used 173 times across 58 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- BEFORE (29 uses in xd)
- UNTIL (11 uses in xd)
Other clues for ERE
Every other clue in this pilot 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
- 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
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Greek vowel - ETA, used 549 times
- Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
- Mess up - ERR, used 508 times
- Work unit - ERG, used 488 times
- Dawn goddess - EOS, used 446 times
- Shade tree - ELM, used 437 times
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