Precursor to Windows
The crossword clue "Precursor to Windows" is answered by MSDOS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. 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
MSDOS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MSDOS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Early PC software - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Old PC platform - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Like windows - PANED, used 19 times
- Little League precursor - TBALL, used 16 times
- Standard Windows typeface - ARIAL, used 15 times
- Built-in Windows typeface - ARIAL, used 9 times
- Circular windows - OCULI, used 9 times
- Like many windows - PANED, used 9 times
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