Curves
The crossword clue "Curves" is answered by ESSES, a 5-letter entry. Used 46 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ESSES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESSES answer page.
Used 46 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 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.
- ARCHES (3 uses in xd)
- BOWS (3 uses in xd)
- ROUNDS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ESSES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESSES, most used first.
- Letters. - used 80 times, most recently in 2007
- Road curves - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Double curves - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Curvy letters - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Double-curve letters - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Letters before tees - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Slalom curves - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Mississippi quartet - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Twisty turns - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
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