Formerly: Archaic.
The crossword clue "Formerly: Archaic." is answered by ERST, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ERST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERST answer page.
Used 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ERST
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERST, most used first.
- Formerly, formerly - used 240 times, most recently in 2026
- Once, once - used 177 times, most recently in 2025
- Formerly, once - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Prefix for while - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Whilom. - used 66 times, most recently in 2016
- Formerly. - used 51 times, most recently in 2014
- Formerly, old style - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
- At one time, at one time - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Formerly, of old - used 24 times, most recently in 1976
- While lead-in - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
- Prefix with "while" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Beginning for "while" - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
- In the past, in the past - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Lead-in to while - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Once, long ago - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Once, old-style - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Former, formerly - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Long ago, long ago - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Once, in the past - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Once, once upon a time - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Start for "while" - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- While beginning? - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
- While opening - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Before, before - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- First, in Frankfurt - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Once, formerly - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- While preceder - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Formerly, in olden days - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Word with while - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- At one time, once - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Formerly: Arch. - used 8 times, most recently in 1958
- It once meant once - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Long ago: Archaic. - used 8 times, most recently in 1965
- Word before while - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Once, quaintly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "While" attachment - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Aforetime - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Formerly - ONCE, used 402 times
- Thailand, formerly - SIAM, used 52 times
- Exxon, formerly - ESSO, used 48 times
- Archaic pronoun - THEE, used 15 times
- Formerly Christiania - OSLO, used 11 times
- Formerly owned - USED, used 11 times
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