Superlative suffix
The crossword clue "Superlative suffix" is answered by EST, a 3-letter entry. Used 521 times across 60 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 44 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 521 times across 60 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 44 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 (20 uses in xd)
- LIEST (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EST
Every other clue in this pilot answered by EST, most used first.
- Ballpark fig. - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
- Superlative ending - 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.
- Language suffix - ESE, used 371 times
- Jargon suffix - ESE, used 236 times
- Sugar suffix - OSE, used 233 times
- Enzyme suffix - ASE, used 226 times
- Directional suffix - ERN, used 188 times
- Ordinal suffix - ETH, used 134 times
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