Bridge ancestor
The crossword clue "Bridge ancestor" is answered by WHIST, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WHIST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WHIST answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WHIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by WHIST, most used first.
- Bridge forerunner - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Card game. - used 8 times, most recently in 1995
- Early form of bridge - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Bridge positions - EASTS, used 110 times
- Bridge support - TRUSS, used 43 times
- Bridge seats - EASTS, used 38 times
- Bridge bid, briefly - ONENO, used 32 times
- Bridge expert - GOREN, used 27 times
- Bridge declaration - IPASS, used 25 times
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