"Wait just a ___!"

The answer

SEC

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

Used 31 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SEC

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

• "Just a ___!" - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Dry, as wine - used 90 times, most recently in 2022
• Brief moment - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hold on a ___!" - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief time - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a min. - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Jiff - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Min. part - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Wait a ___!" - used 37 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.

• Just out - NEW, used 146 times
• "Just kidding!" - NOT, used 84 times
• Not just any - THE, used 83 times
• Just fine - AOK, used 71 times
• "Just __ suspected!" - ASI, used 62 times
• "Just ___ thought!" - ASI, used 58 times

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