Game before the finals

The answer

SEMI

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEMI answer page.

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SEMI

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

• Big rig - used 251 times, most recently in 2026
• 18-wheeler - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Half: Prefix. - used 68 times, most recently in 2024
• Highway hauler - used 54 times, most recently in 2024
• Final Four game - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Tractor-trailer - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Eighteen-wheeler - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix meaning "half" - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Trucker's rig - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Rig - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Big truck - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• "Half" prefix for circle - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Truck stop sight - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• "Half" prefix for final - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix for final - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Teamster's rig - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Partly: Prefix. - used 23 times, most recently in 1976
• Interstate hauler - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Prefix for sweet - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Rig on the road - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Formal introduction? - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Highway rig - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Long hauler - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Prefix for circle - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Big hauler - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Convoy truck - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Freight hauler - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Trucking rig - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
• "Circle" or "final" start - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Circular opening? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Half. - used 11 times, most recently in 1956
• Highway behemoth - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Road rig - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Sweet starter - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Automatic start - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Big rig on the interstate - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Teamster's truck - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Cargo carrier - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Interstate rig - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Partial: Prefix. - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Large truck - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Prefix with circle - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Penultimate contest - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Quasi- - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Rest stop sight - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Turnpike rumbler - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Weigh station visitor - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Big Mack - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Convoy component - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Interstate sight - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Partly - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Prefix for "final" or "circle" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sweet beginning? - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Weigh-station stopper - 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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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