Letters before tees
The crossword clue "Letters before tees" is answered by ESSES, a 5-letter entry. Used 34 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 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 34 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ESSES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESSES, most used first.
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- 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
- Slalom curves - used 29 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.
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