Ottoman ruler

The answer to “Ottoman ruler” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is BEY — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on August 17, 2026, a Monday puzzle, at 54-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Ottoman ruler” answer

BEY (3 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is BEY.

What does BEY mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of BEY is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Ottoman ruler” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 17, 2026 (most recent) → BEY. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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