Windows precursor
The crossword clue "Windows precursor" is answered by MSDOS, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
MSDOS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MSDOS answer page.
Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- Windows predecessor - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Windows forerunner - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
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