Before, before

The answer

PRE

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

Used 20 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 7 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.

• ERE (97 uses in xd)
• ERST (11 uses in xd)
• AFORE (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for PRE

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

• Opposite of post- - used 243 times, most recently in 2026
• Before: Prefix. - used 87 times, most recently in 2020
• Season opener? - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Post- opposite - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Not post- - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Historic beginning? - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
• Ante- - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• ___-K (school for tots) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Post's opposite - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand ___, Evangeline's home - used 20 times, most recently in 2007
• Common prefix. - used 19 times, most recently in 1975
• Prefix meaning "before" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-K - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Start to fix? - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Ante- relative - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Before," when before - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• TSA ___Check - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Before, before a word - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Historic start? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• __-med student - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Before: pref. - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Start to mature? - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand ___. - used 11 times, most recently in 1980
• Grand ___, Nova Scotia - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Historic opening? - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Relative of ante- - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Ante- kin - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Early start? - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Evangeline's Grand ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 1985
• ___-med - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Prior to: Prefix - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Start to dominate? - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Grand --, N.S. - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Lead-in to "historic" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Lead-in to nuptial - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with fix - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Start for school - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Adolescent lead-in - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Ante- equivalent - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Before, at the fore - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Eminent leader? - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Historic starter - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Law or school lead-in - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• __-op - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Post antonym - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Prefix's prefix - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Start to date? - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Before - ERE, used 733 times
• Before, poetically - ERE, used 277 times
• Before now - AGO, used 273 times
• Night before - EVE, used 235 times
• Bard's "before" - ERE, used 218 times
• Before, in poetry - ERE, used 194 times

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