Modern: Prefix

The answer

NEO

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

Used 55 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• ULTRA (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for NEO

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

• "The Matrix" hero - used 253 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of paleo- - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
• Recent: Prefix - used 120 times, most recently in 2024
• Prefix with natal - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• New beginning? - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Modernist - used 81 times, most recently in 2021
• Prefix meaning "new" - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Keanu's role in "The Matrix" - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with classical - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• "New" prefix - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Matrix" role - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Matrix" protagonist - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Ultramodernist - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Role for Keanu - used 49 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Green prefix - ECO, used 431 times
• Earth-friendly prefix - ECO, used 181 times
• Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
• Equal: Prefix - ISO, used 123 times
• Environmental prefix - ECO, used 114 times
• Prefix meaning "three" - TRI, used 91 times

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