Gel

The answer

SET

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

Used 55 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 12 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.

• HARDEN (2 uses in xd)
• MESH (2 uses in xd)
• PEN (2 uses in xd)
• ALOE (1 uses in xd)
• COALESCE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SET

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

• Ready to go - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Complete collection - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
• Collection - used 107 times, most recently in 2025
• Filming site - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ready, __, go!" - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Game, ___, match - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Match part - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Tennis unit - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Collector's goal - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Full collection - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a tennis match - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• "Quiet on the ___!" - used 49 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.

• ___ Lanka - SRI, used 1,299 times
• Sault ___ Marie - STE, used 662 times
• Droop - SAG, used 584 times
• ___ Paulo - SAO, used 510 times
• ___ Paulo, Brazil - SAO, used 496 times
• Take to court - SUE, used 466 times

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