Engine speed, for short
The crossword clue "Engine speed, for short" is answered by RPM, a 3-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RPM
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RPM answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RPM
Every other clue in this collection answered by RPM, most used first.
- Record speed letters - used 52 times, most recently in 2023
- Tach reading - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Spinning stat - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- LP speed - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Dashboard abbr. - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Tach letters - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Tachometer abbr. - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Spin rate, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Tach measure - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Tach readout - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Dash letters - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Spinning abbr. - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Turntable letters - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Turntable speed, for short - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dashboard letters - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Engine stat - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Letters on a tachometer - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Meas. of engine speed - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Record speed? - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Tach unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Tachometer letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
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