Former couples
The crossword clue "Former couples" is answered by EXES, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EXES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXES answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EXES
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXES, most used first.
- Former spouses - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Former mates - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Former partners - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Old flames - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Former flames - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Letters. - used 38 times, most recently in 1980
- Alimony recipients - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Past partners - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Alimony payers - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Former lovers - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- They've split - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Divorcees - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Former union members? - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- They're no longer together - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Former loves - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Previous partners - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Tic-tac-toe symbols - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Some singles - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Spouses no more - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Crosses out - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Alimony receivers - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Custody sharers, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Former significant others - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Former Russian ruler - TSAR, used 78 times
- Former Iranian ruler - SHAH, used 75 times
- Former frosh - SOPH, used 43 times
- Former Italian money - LIRA, used 36 times
- Thailand's former name - SIAM, used 29 times
- Former queen of Jordan - NOOR, used 28 times
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