Cross shape
The crossword clue "Cross shape" is answered by TAU, a 3-letter entry. Used 38 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TAU
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAU answer page.
Used 38 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TAU
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAU, most used first.
- Letter after sigma - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
- Sigma follower - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek cross - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Greek T - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Letter before upsilon - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of cross - used 51 times, most recently in 2022
- Upsilon preceder - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- 19th Greek letter - used 27 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.
- Rainbow shape - ARC, used 196 times
- Neckline shape - VEE, used 162 times
- In shape - FIT, used 151 times
- Snaky shape - ESS, used 146 times
- Right-angle shape - ELL, used 86 times
- Pothook shape - ESS, used 84 times
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