"___ said it before ..."

The answer

IVE

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IVE

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

• "-- had it!" - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Got a Secret" - used 149 times, most recently in 2022
• "Now ___ seen everything!" - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ been had!" - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ got it!" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ been thinking ..." - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• "So ___ heard" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Common contraction - used 36 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ Gotta Be Me" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ seen worse" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ had it up to here!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ seen enough!" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Got Sixpence" - used 23 times, most recently in 2005
• "___ Got You Under My Skin" - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• "Now ___ seen it all!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Now ___ heard everything!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "If ___ told you once ..." - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ fallen ..." - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• "__ Got a Crush on You" - used 16 times, most recently in 2008
• "___ got an idea" - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ had enough!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• It may be added to impress - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• "___ been working on the railroad ..." - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• "___ been there" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Verbal contraction. - used 11 times, most recently in 1961
• "___ Got a Feeling" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "__ seen better" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ changed" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Common suffix. - used 8 times, most recently in 1965
• "___ got my eyes on you" - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• "___ heard enough!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Suffix for secret - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Adjective suffix. - used 7 times, most recently in 1969
• "___ been meaning to tell you ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Secret ending? - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Suffix with "excess" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• "__ changed my mind" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Correct conclusion - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Direct ending - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• "___ moved on" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ noticed" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with "elect" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Before - ERE, used 733 times
• Before, poetically - ERE, used 277 times
• Before now - AGO, used 273 times
• Night before - EVE, used 235 times
• Bard's "before" - ERE, used 218 times
• Before, in poetry - ERE, used 194 times

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