Early PC software
The crossword clue "Early PC software" is answered by MSDOS, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MSDOS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MSDOS answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MSDOS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MSDOS, most used first.
- Windows predecessor - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Windows forerunner - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Windows precursor - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Early PC platform - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Old PC platform - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Precursor to Windows - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Early PC interface - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Old PC software - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Early computer - ENIAC, used 98 times
- Early anesthetic - ETHER, used 57 times
- Early Mexican - AZTEC, used 48 times
- Software buyers - USERS, used 41 times
- Early Peruvians - INCAS, used 37 times
- Early stage - ONSET, used 33 times
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