IBM competitor
The crossword clue "IBM competitor" is answered by NEC, a 3-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEC answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NEC
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEC, most used first.
- Japanese computer giant - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
- Japanese chip maker - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Computer giant - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Japanese electronics giant - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Japanese rival of IBM - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- HBO competitor - SHO, used 58 times
- FedEx competitor - UPS, used 45 times
- QVC competitor - HSN, used 30 times
- Walgreens competitor - CVS, used 29 times
- KLM competitor - SAS, used 28 times
- UPS competitor - DHL, used 28 times
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