Fourth qtr. start

The answer

OCT

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• OCTI (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for OCT

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

• Halloween mo. - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Fall mo. - used 88 times, most recently in 2025
• World Series mo. - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Calendar abbr. - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Columbus Day mo. - used 51 times, most recently in 2016
• Autumn mo. - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Tenth mo. - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Calendar abbreviation. - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
• Halloween's mo. - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Canadian Thanksgiving mo. - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Sept. follower - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• UN Day month - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Calendar pg. - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Breast Cancer Awareness Mo. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Start of the fourth qtr. - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• U.N. Day mo. - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• United Nations Day mo. - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• When DST ends - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Indigenous Peoples' Day mo. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Big month for MLB - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Trick-or-treat mo. - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• U.N. Day month - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• UN Day mo. - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• 10th mo. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Last qtr. kickoff - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Pumpkin-carving mo. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Cal. page - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Mo. for opals - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Six mos. from Apr. - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Thanksgiving mo. in Canada - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Count start - ONE, used 109 times
• Fourth-yr. students - SRS, used 99 times
• Ab ___ (from the start) - OVO, used 63 times
• Carte start - ALA, used 52 times
• Start of MGM's motto - ARS, used 48 times
• Lord's Prayer start - OUR, used 40 times

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