Superlative ending
The crossword clue "Superlative ending" is answered by EST, a 3-letter entry. Used 177 times across 64 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
EST
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EST answer page.
Used 177 times across 64 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 25 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- IEST (11 uses in xd)
Other clues for EST
Every other clue in this pilot answered by EST, most used first.
- Superlative suffix - used 521 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballpark fig. - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
- "Guinness Book" suffix - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
- "C'___ la vie!" - used 81 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.
- Biblical verb ending - ETH, used 112 times
- Enzyme ending - ASE, used 108 times
- British verb ending - ISE, used 103 times
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