Letter before tee
The crossword clue "Letter before tee" is answered by ESS, a 3-letter entry. Used 124 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ESS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESS answer page.
Used 124 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ESS
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ESS, most used first.
- Curvy letter - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
- Double curve - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
- Snaky shape - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Twisty turn - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Pothook shape - used 84 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.
- Before - ERE, used 733 times
- Before, poetically - ERE, used 277 times
- Before now - AGO, used 273 times
- Night before - EVE, used 235 times
- Bard's "before" - ERE, used 218 times
- Before, in poetry - ERE, used 194 times
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