Viral illness

The answer

FLU

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLU answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 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.

• THEFLU (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for FLU

Every other clue in this collection answered by FLU, most used first.

• Winter bug - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
• Winter ailment - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Winter woe - used 68 times, most recently in 2025
• Winter malady - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of shot - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
• Seasonal bug - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ shot - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Target of an annual vaccine - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Winter illness - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Seasonal ailment - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Grippe - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Annual vaccine target - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Seasonal malady - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bird ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Vaccine target - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Winter worry - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Wintertime bug - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Common ailment - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Seasonal illness - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bug - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Seasonal vaccine target - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Wintertime ailment - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Asian ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• It might give you chills - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Seasonal affliction - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Shot target - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Type of shot - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Ailment with a "season" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Annual shot target - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Bug with its own season - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Seasonal strain - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Swine ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Viral malady - 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.

• To and ___ - FRO, used 341 times
• In favor of - FOR, used 304 times
• Distant - FAR, used 243 times
• Charge - FEE, used 214 times
• Enemy - FOE, used 212 times
• Nourished - FED, used 212 times

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