Detectives, briefly
The crossword clue "Detectives, briefly" is answered by PIS, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PIS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PIS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PIS, most used first.
- Greek letters - used 40 times, most recently in 2022
- Math ratios - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Detectives, for short - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Greek consonants - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- ___-aller (last resort) - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Circle ratios - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Sleuths, for short - 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.
- Up to, briefly - TIL, used 117 times
- Back muscle, briefly - LAT, used 97 times
- However, briefly - THO, used 88 times
- "Today" rival, briefly - GMA, used 75 times
- Camera type, briefly - SLR, used 68 times
- Aliens, briefly - ETS, used 52 times
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