Unknown factors
The crossword clue "Unknown factors" is answered by IFS, a 3-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IFS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IFS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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
- Hypothetical cases - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- 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.
- Unknown John - DOE, used 38 times
- Surname ascribed to an unknown - DOE, used 8 times
- Unknown Jane - DOE, used 8 times
- Unknown John or Jane - DOE, used 7 times
- Name for an unknown - DOE, used 6 times
- Unknown degree - NTH, used 6 times
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