State of being: Suffix.

The answer

URE

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1967; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 1 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.

• NESS (3 uses in xd)
• ANCE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for URE

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

• Yorkshire river - used 28 times, most recently in 2004
• Suffix with press - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Actress Mary - used 19 times, most recently in 2002
• Suffix with script - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Mary of "Where Eagles Dare" - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• Noun suffix. - used 12 times, most recently in 1977
• Script ending - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Cult following? - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Suffix for press - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Suffix with fail - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Process: Suffix - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Ending for press - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Suffix with press or script - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffix with strict - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
• Language suffix - ESE, used 371 times
• Chemical suffix - ENE, used 260 times
• Jargon suffix - ESE, used 236 times
• Sugar suffix - OSE, used 233 times
• Enzyme suffix - ASE, used 226 times

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