"___ better to have loved ..."

The answer

TIS

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

Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TIS

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

• "___ the season ..." - used 398 times, most recently in 2026
• "My country -- of thee" - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic contraction - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the season to be jolly" - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Frank McCourt book - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Frank McCourt memoir - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Carol contraction - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• "Deck the Halls" contraction - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• McCourt memoir - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ better to have loved and lost ..." - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "-- folly to be wise" - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• "Whether ___ nobler ..." - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ a pity" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Angela's Ashes" sequel - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
• Third word of "America" - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Quaint contraction - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Scale notes - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• "My country, ___ . . . " - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• "___ but a scratch" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• 'Twas in the present? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ folly to be wise": Gray - used 14 times, most recently in 2009
• McCourt book - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Quaint agreement - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Whether __ nobler ...": Hamlet - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "America" contraction - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• " . . . ___ of thee" - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Opposite of 'tain't - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ...": Hamlet - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Aye" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Common contraction. - used 9 times, most recently in 1992
• "My country" follower - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Old-fashioned contraction - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "'Tain't" rebuttal - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• 1999 Frank McCourt memoir - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Bard's contraction - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Coleridge's contraction - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Follow-up to "Angela's Ashes" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Poet's contraction - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Sequel to "Angela's Ashes" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• '-- the season . . .' - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Musical notes - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Poetic word - used 7 times, most recently in 1977
• "Angela's Ashes" follow-up - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Christmas carol contraction - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Frank McCourt's follow-up to "Angela's Ashes" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ the season to be ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Have debts - OWE, used 217 times
• Have a bug - AIL, used 201 times
• Have bills - OWE, used 165 times
• Have - OWN, used 119 times
• Have a bite - EAT, used 92 times
• Have lunch - EAT, used 85 times

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