Ancient: Comb. form

The answer

PALEO

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PALEO answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1992; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 1 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.

• PALAE (1 uses in xd)
• PALAEO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PALEO

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

• Opposite of neo- - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Ancient: Prefix - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Prefix with -lithic - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Caveman" diet - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "The caveman diet" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Caveman-style diet - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Diet fad - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix meaning "ancient" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Trendy "caveman" diet - used 6 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.

• Ancient Mexican - AZTEC, used 78 times
• Ancient Greek region - IONIA, used 59 times
• Ancient Greek colony - IONIA, used 58 times
• Ancient artifact - RELIC, used 49 times
• Ancient marketplace - AGORA, used 49 times
• Ancient - OLDEN, used 46 times

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