PC key

The answer

ESC

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

Used 239 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 23 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.

• ALT (245 uses in xd)
• CTRL (31 uses in xd)
• ENTER (31 uses in xd)
• TAB (10 uses in xd)
• DEL (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for ESC

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

• Computer key - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• F1 neighbor - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• PC bailout key - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Corner key - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Upper-left key - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• PC panic button - used 39 times, most recently in 2022
• Upper-left PC key - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "Exit full screen" key - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Corner PC key - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Top-left PC key - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Key above ~ - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Key near F1 - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• PC "oops" key - used 23 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.

• PC key - ALT, used 245 times
• Indent key - TAB, used 70 times
• Key letter - PHI, used 70 times
• Key above Caps Lock - TAB, used 46 times
• Computer key - ALT, used 45 times
• Bottom-row PC key - ALT, used 39 times

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