Crossword clues - Answer
YAO
YAO is a 3-letter crossword answer with 7 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 77 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YAO
YAO
3Letters
7Clues in collection
77Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for YAO in this collection
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- Ming of the NBA - used 21 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2019
- Former NBA star Ming - used 18 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- NBA legend Ming - used 10 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Ming in the Basketball Hall of Fame - used 8 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- NBA great Ming - used 8 times across 4 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Basketball star Ming - used 6 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Retired NBAer Ming - used 6 times across 4 distinct years, most recently in 2023
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