Hypothetical cases

The answer

IFS

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IFS

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

• "No ___, ands or buts!" - used 167 times, most recently in 2026
• Conditions - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
• Hypotheticals - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncertainties - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Suppositions - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Contingencies - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Stipulations - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Possibilities - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Qualifiers - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "... ___ and buts were candy and nuts ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Preconditions - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Provisos - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Unknown factors - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Uncertain factors - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Maybes - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Conditionals - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Unsettled questions - 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.

• Some E.R. cases - ODS, used 31 times
• Some ER cases - ODS, used 31 times
• Contents of jewel cases - CDS, used 9 times
• Some hosp. cases - ODS, used 7 times
• Hosp. area for critical cases - ICU, used 6 times

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