C. G. S. unit.

The answer

ERG

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 1980; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 1 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.

• DYNE (6 uses in xd)
• ABOHM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERG

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

• Work unit - used 488 times, most recently in 2026
• Unit of work - used 196 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of work - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Unit of energy - used 70 times, most recently in 2025
• Energy unit - used 63 times, most recently in 2024
• Fraction of a joule - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Joule fraction - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
• Physics unit - used 38 times, most recently in 2019
• Piece of work? - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• .0000001 joule - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• Rowing machine, for short - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of energy - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Rowing machine - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Work unit, in physics - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Part of a joule - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Rowing machine unit - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• A little bit of work - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• A little work - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Ten-millionth of a joule - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• 100 nanojoules - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of a joule - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Joule part - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Small bit of work - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Tiny bit of work - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Metric work unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Work measure - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Centimeter-gram-second unit - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Dyne-centimeter - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Rowing machine, familiarly - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Rowing machine, informally - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• A bit of work - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Bit of work in physics class - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Small amount of work - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny fraction of a joule - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Indoor rower, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Joule division - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Joule piece - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Physics class unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Tiny unit of work - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Unit of work in physics - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Work measurement unit - 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.

• Corn unit - EAR, used 258 times
• Resistance unit - OHM, used 252 times
• Workout unit - REP, used 137 times
• Unit of resistance - OHM, used 128 times
• Gym unit - REP, used 125 times
• Train unit - CAR, used 107 times

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