Marks a ballot, maybe

The answer

XES

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

Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for XES

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

• Crosses (out) - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Ballot marks - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Ballot markings - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Marks a ballot - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Strikes (out) - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Tic-tac-toe symbols - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Marks, as a ballot - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Cancels, with "out" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Marks (out) - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Deletes, with "out" - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Makes one's mark? - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Simple signatures - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Some signatures - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Spot markers - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cancels (out) - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Kisses, symbolically - used 6 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.

• Marked, as a ballot - XED, used 32 times
• "Call Me Maybe" singer Carly ___ Jepsen - RAE, used 30 times
• Marked a ballot - XED, used 23 times
• CEO's degree, maybe - MBA, used 16 times
• Blonde's secret, maybe - DYE, used 14 times
• Bro, maybe - SIB, used 14 times

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