Chemical suffix

The answer to “Chemical suffix” in the The Washington Post crossword is ENE — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on October 4, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 62-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.

“Chemical suffix” answer

ENE (3 letters)

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What does ENE mean?

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

When else has “Chemical suffix” appeared?

The Washington Post 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.

October 4, 2026 (most recent) → ENE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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