Taoism founder Lao-___

The answer

TSE

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

Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• TZE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TSE

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

• Mao ___-tung - used 389 times, most recently in 2026
• Lao-___ - used 99 times, most recently in 2024
• Half a fly - used 95 times, most recently in 2021
• Literary monogram - used 93 times, most recently in 2023
• "The Waste Land" monogram - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of Mao's name - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Mao follower? - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• China's Mao ___-tung - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Literary inits. - used 33 times, most recently in 2015
• "Cats" monogram - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• China's Lao-___ - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• Philosopher Lao-___ - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Waste Land" poet's monogram - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Follower of Mao? - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic monogram - used 21 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.

• Lao-tzu's "way" - TAO, used 48 times
• Roxy Music co-founder Brian - ENO, used 28 times
• NAACP co-founder ___ B. Wells - IDA, used 26 times
• Righteous Babe Records founder DiFranco - ANI, used 23 times

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