Alphabet run

The answer

STU

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

Used 12 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 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.

• RST (11 uses in xd)
• RSTU (10 uses in xd)
• LMN (8 uses in xd)
• MNOP (8 uses in xd)
• CDE (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for STU

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

• Actor Erwin - used 111 times, most recently in 2025
• Alphabetic trio - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Early Beatle Sutcliffe - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
• "Rugrats" dad - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Simpsons" disco guy - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Disco guy on "The Simpsons" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Disco ___ ("The Simpsons" character) - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Good name for a cook? - used 33 times, most recently in 2021
• R-V connection - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Disco ___ of "The Simpsons" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• R-V hookup? - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Original Beatle Sutcliffe - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Trio after R - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fifth Beatle" Sutcliffe - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Man's nickname. - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Poker great Ungar - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Apt name for a cook? - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Poker champ Ungar - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Poker legend Ungar - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Erwin of early TV - used 13 times, most recently in 2011
• Early Beatles bassist Sutcliffe - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Alphabetical nickname - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Good name for a chef? - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Letters after R - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• VW predecessors? - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Nickname that drops "art" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Onetime Beatle Sutcliffe - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• "The Simpsons" character Disco ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Alphabet sequence - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Alphabet trio - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Disco ___ ("Simpsons" character) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Erwin of films - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• R followers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Tommy's dad on "Rugrats" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Alphabetic run - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Erwin - used 7 times, most recently in 1982
• Letter run - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• V preceders - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Apt name for a worrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Erwin of old films - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Erwin or Gilliam - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Former Beatle Sutcliffe - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Onetime Beatles bassist Sutcliffe - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Queue after R - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• R-V filler - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Sutcliffe or Erwin - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Run smoothly - HUM, used 48 times
• Alphabet trio - RST, used 34 times
• Alphabet starter - ABC, used 30 times
• Run out of juice - DIE, used 27 times
• Alphabet ender - ZEE, used 26 times
• Run up a tab - OWE, used 22 times

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