Prefix's prefix

The answer

PRE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Before, before - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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.

• Green prefix - ECO, used 431 times
• Numerical prefix - TRI, used 247 times
• Earth-friendly prefix - ECO, used 181 times
• Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
• Equal: Prefix - ISO, used 123 times
• Recent: Prefix - NEO, used 120 times

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