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Winter ailment

Answer: FLU - 3 letters

The crossword clue "Winter ailment" is answered by FLU, a 3-letter entry. Used 109 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.

The answer

FLU

FLU

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

109Times used
29Distinct years
2026Most recent year
20Publications

Used 109 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 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.

  • STREP (2 uses in xd)
  • COMMONCOLD (1 uses in xd)
  • HEADCOLD (1 uses in xd)
  • THEFLU (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for FLU

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

  • Winter bug - used 129 times, most recently in 2026

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