In spite of, in short

The answer

THO

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

Used 10 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for THO

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

• However, briefly - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Howe'er - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• However, for short - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Even if, briefly - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• E'en if - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• However, informally - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Even if, for short - used 30 times, most recently in 2021
• Nevertheless, briefly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Albeit, briefly - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Even if, informally - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• However, in a text - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic conjunction - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Despite the fact that, briefly - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Nevertheless, informally - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Nevertheless, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Ne'ertheless - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Nonetheless, briefly - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Vietnam's Le Duc ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Despite the fact that, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• However. - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• "OTOH ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Despite, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• However, in poetry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Nonetheless, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Notwithstanding that, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

Related clues

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• Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
• Sixth sense, for short - ESP, used 137 times
• Chest muscle, for short - PEC, used 120 times
• Short snooze - NAP, used 98 times
• Aliens, for short - ETS, used 91 times

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