Has been

The answer

WAS

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

Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1934. It appears in 15 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.

• EXSTAR (1 uses in xd)
• FALLENSTAR (1 uses in xd)
• FOSSIL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for WAS

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

• Used to be - used 392 times, most recently in 2026
• Existed - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
• "Now, where ___ I?" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Had been - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Is in the past? - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Is no longer - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Lived - used 36 times, most recently in 2019
• Functioned as - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "As I ___ saying ..." - 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.

• "___ been had!" - IVE, used 90 times
• "-- been real!" - ITS, used 59 times
• "___ been thinking ..." - IVE, used 45 times
• Has permission - MAY, used 34 times
• "I've been ___!" - HAD, used 24 times
• ___-been - HAS, used 21 times

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