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SCI

3 letters · Used for 90 different clues · 176 appearances · Last seen New York Times, August 23, 2026

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SCI

Starts with S, ends with I · 3 letters

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About SCI in crosswords

SCI is a 3-letter answer that has appeared 176 times in our database across 90 different clues. It was most recently the answer to “Poli-___” in the New York Times crossword on August 23, 2026.

Every appearance of SCI (176)

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Aug 23, 2026

Poli-___ · New York Times · 89 Down

Aug 16, 2026

Ecol. or geol. · LA Times · Down

Aug 16, 2026

Bio or chem, e.g. · NYT Midi · 4 Across

Aug 12, 2026

STEM part: Abbr. · New York Times · 37 Down

Aug 11, 2026

Biol. or chem. · Thomas Joseph · 36 Across

Aug 10, 2026

__-fi (outer-space stories) · Newsday · Down

Jul 31, 2026

Chem. or bio. · NYT Midi · 6 Across

Jul 27, 2026

___-fi · NYT Midi · 1 Down

Jul 23, 2026

Subject with physics and chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 25 Across

Jul 18, 2026

The "S" in STEM (Abbr.) · USA Today · 63 Down

Jul 10, 2026

HS department · Newsday · Across

Jul 8, 2026

“Nova” subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 10 Down

Jul 8, 2026

School subject with physics, chemistry, and biology, for short · Daily Themed · 24 Across

Jun 28, 2026

Poli __ (college major) · Newsday · Across

Jun 26, 2026

Poli-___ (certain college major, for short) · New York Times · 47 Down

Jun 18, 2026

Biol. or geol. · Thomas Joseph · 26 Across

Jun 17, 2026

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 52 Down

Jun 12, 2026

Lab subj. · Wall Street Journal · 52 Across

Jun 11, 2026

Poli-___ major · USA Today · 23 Down

May 29, 2026

Tech study concentration · Newsday · Down

May 24, 2026

___-fi (genre for "Alien") · Daily Themed · 19 Across

May 16, 2026

Chemistry or Physics, for short · Daily Themed · 42 Across

May 10, 2026

Chem. or bio. · Newsday · Down

May 6, 2026

___-fi, movie genre for "Blade Runner 2049" · Daily Themed · 31 Down

May 5, 2026

___-fi · New York Times · 57 Across

Apr 26, 2026

___-fi, "Star Wars" genre · Daily Themed · 24 Across

Apr 16, 2026

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 45 Down

Apr 9, 2026

Physics or chemistry, e.g., for short · Daily Themed · 43 Down

Mar 31, 2026

Biol. or chem. · New York Times · 44 Down

Mar 28, 2026

___-fi (time travel movie's genre) · Daily Themed · 23 Down

Mar 20, 2026

Poli-___ major · Daily Themed · 40 Across

Mar 4, 2026

First part of a rhyming film genre · Daily Themed · 51 Down

Feb 26, 2026

Poli-__ · Newsday · Down

Feb 24, 2026

“Nova” subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 1 Down

Feb 7, 2026

Cog. __ · Newsday · Down

Feb 3, 2026

___-fi (literary genre) · Daily Themed · 48 Down

Jan 29, 2026

HS department · Newsday · Across

Jan 9, 2026

___-fi (genre for 2025's "Frankenstein") · Daily Themed · 21 Down

Dec 26, 2025

___-fi ("Avatar" genre) · Daily Themed · 5 Across

Dec 13, 2025

___-fi ("Dune" genre) · Daily Themed · 21 Down

Dec 3, 2025

Biology or physics, for short · Daily Themed · 23 Down

Nov 24, 2025

Bill Nye's subject, for short · Daily Themed · 38 Down

Nov 22, 2025

Quick study? · Newsday · Across

Nov 6, 2025

___-fi (futuristic genre) · Daily Themed · 38 Down

Oct 28, 2025

___-fi (genre for "Back to the Future") · Daily Themed · 46 Down

Oct 17, 2025

___-fi (genre for "Jurassic World Rebirth") · Daily Themed · 15 Down

Sep 30, 2025

Biol. or chem. · Newsday · Across

Sep 28, 2025

Einstein's or Darwin's field, for short · Daily Themed · 27 Across

Sep 21, 2025

B.S. part: Abbr. · New York Times · 111 Down

Sep 19, 2025

"S" in STEM, briefly · Daily Themed · 45 Down

Sep 15, 2025

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 26 Across

Sep 7, 2025

Branch with physics and chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 7 Across

Sep 6, 2025

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 25 Down

Aug 27, 2025

___-fi, literary genre for "Dune" · Daily Themed · 1 Across

Aug 11, 2025

__-fi (outer space stories) · Newsday · Down

Jul 19, 2025

Word before "fi" to mean a movie genre · Daily Themed · 47 Across

Jul 7, 2025

Branch with physics and chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 4 Across

Jul 3, 2025

HS department · Newsday · Down

Jun 30, 2025

___-fi (futuristic genre) · Daily Themed · 5 Down

Jun 17, 2025

___-fi (genre for "Back to the Future") · Daily Themed · 30 Down

Jun 2, 2025

Subject with the periodic table and the laws of motion, for short · Daily Themed · 39 Across

Jun 1, 2025

What "fi" may follow · Newsday · Down

May 13, 2025

“Nova” subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 21 Across

May 8, 2025

Class where one learns about plants and planets, for short · Daily Themed · 50 Across

Apr 27, 2025

Poli ___ · New York Times · 27 Across

Apr 25, 2025

HS department · Newsday · Down

Apr 23, 2025

Biol. or chem. · Newsday · Down

Apr 16, 2025

Poli-___ (college subject), for short · Daily Themed · 27 Down

Apr 3, 2025

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 37 Down

Mar 28, 2025

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 24 Down

Mar 23, 2025

___-fi (literary genre) · Daily Themed · 3 Down

Mar 14, 2025

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 55 Across

Mar 8, 2025

___-fi (genre for "Interstellar") · Daily Themed · 30 Down

Feb 28, 2025

Grade-school subj. · Newsday · Across

Feb 12, 2025

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 21 Across

Feb 3, 2025

"S" in STEM, for short · Daily Themed · 37 Across

Jan 30, 2025

Fi can follow it · Newsday · Across

Jan 26, 2025

STEM part: Abbr. · New York Times · 38 Across

Jan 19, 2025

Preceder of "-fi" · Newsday · Across

Jan 18, 2025

Branch with physics and chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 4 Down

Jan 16, 2025

“Nova” subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 27 Across

Jan 10, 2025

High school dept. · Newsday · Across

Jan 6, 2025

___-fi (futuristic genre that you can find in today's puzzle) · Daily Themed · 40 Across

Dec 28, 2024

___-fi (film genre) · Daily Themed · 18 Down

Dec 23, 2024

Chemistry or Physics, for short · Daily Themed · 38 Down

Nov 21, 2024

___-fi (genre for "E.T.") · Daily Themed · 24 Across

Nov 14, 2024

___-fi ("Aliens" genre) · Daily Themed · 17 Across

Aug 27, 2024

___-fi (literary genre) · Daily Themed · 45 Down

Aug 12, 2024

Biology or chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 31 Down

Jul 25, 2024

___-fi (futuristic genre) · Daily Themed · 29 Across

Jul 15, 2024

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 46 Down

Jul 14, 2024

___-fi, genre of "The Terminator" · Daily Themed · 46 Down

Jul 11, 2024

“Nova” subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 36 Down

Jun 18, 2024

___-fi ("Stranger Things" genre) · Daily Themed · 19 Across

Jun 13, 2024

Biology or Physics, for short · Daily Themed · 40 Down

May 27, 2024

___-fi ("Avatar: The Way of Water" genre) · Daily Themed · 29 Down

May 14, 2024

___-fi (movie genre for "Gravity") · Daily Themed · 14 Down

Apr 27, 2024

Subject that follows "computer" or "political," for short · Daily Themed · 46 Across

Apr 20, 2024

___-fi (genre for "Interstellar") · Daily Themed · 13 Across

Apr 5, 2024

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 24 Down

Apr 4, 2024

Branch with physics and chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 24 Across

Mar 28, 2024

School subject that includes Biology and Chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 22 Down

Mar 14, 2024

(5/6) "The ___-fi film will cover events in the second-half of Frank Herbert's eponymous 1965 novel" · Daily Themed · 23 Down

Mar 6, 2024

The "S" in STEM. for short · Daily Themed · 24 Down

Feb 23, 2024

___-fi (literary genre for "Dune" and "The Three-Body Problem") · Daily Themed · 16 Down

Feb 2, 2024

Poli-___ (college major) · Daily Themed · 39 Down

Jan 26, 2024

___-fi (futuristic genre) · Daily Themed · 52 Across

Jan 1, 2024

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 46 Down

Dec 28, 2023

“Nova” subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 54 Across

Dec 23, 2023

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 24 Across

Dec 22, 2023

___-fi, genre for "Arrival" · Daily Themed · 5 Across

Dec 19, 2023

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 47 Down

Dec 3, 2023

Subject with biology, chemistry, and physics, for short · Daily Themed · 31 Across

Oct 17, 2023

The "S" in STEM, for short · Daily Themed · 4 Down

Oct 11, 2023

School subject with physics, chemistry, and biology, for short · Daily Themed · 7 Down

Sep 28, 2023

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 27 Across

Sep 14, 2023

Comp ___, for short (aspiring programmer's major) · Daily Themed · 31 Across

Aug 30, 2023

___-fi (futuristic genre for "The Expanse") · Daily Themed · 21 Across

Aug 22, 2023

“Nova” subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 30 Across

Aug 2, 2023

Poli ___ (college major choice) · Daily Themed · 36 Down

Jul 20, 2023

___-fi (time travel movie's genre) · Daily Themed · 38 Down

Jun 5, 2023

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 1 Across

May 21, 2023

The "S" in STEM, for short · Daily Themed · 7 Across

May 8, 2023

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 50 Down

May 4, 2023

“Nova” subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 30 Down

Apr 21, 2023

The "S" of STEM, for short · Daily Themed · 26 Down

Mar 27, 2023

___-fi ("Avatar: The Way of Water" genre) · Daily Themed · 61 Across

Mar 14, 2023

___-fi (movie genre) · Daily Themed · 23 Across

Mar 4, 2023

Branch with physics and chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 4 Across

Feb 14, 2023

School subject with physics, chemistry, and biology, for short · Daily Themed · 30 Down

Feb 1, 2023

High-school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 6 Down

Jan 5, 2023

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 53 Down

Dec 29, 2022

"S" in STEM, briefly · Daily Themed · 20 Down

Dec 16, 2022

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 51 Down

Dec 8, 2022

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 41 Across

Oct 31, 2022

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 23 Across

Oct 30, 2022

___-fi (movie genre) · Daily Themed · 40 Down

Oct 19, 2022

___-fi ("Star Trek" genre) · Daily Themed · 43 Across

Oct 4, 2022

Bill Nye's subject, for short · Daily Themed · 36 Across

Sep 26, 2022

Chemistry or Physics, for short · Daily Themed · 2 Down

Sep 19, 2022

___-fi ("Dune" genre) · Daily Themed · 14 Across

Sep 4, 2022

___-fi (genre for "Alien") · Daily Themed · 39 Across

Aug 12, 2022

___-fi ("Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" genre) · Daily Themed · 25 Down

Aug 2, 2022

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 23 Down

Jul 29, 2022

___-fi genre · Daily Themed · 15 Down

Jul 22, 2022

Botany or astronomy, for short · Daily Themed · 40 Down

Jul 10, 2022

School subject involving labs, for short · Daily Themed · 15 Across

Jul 6, 2022

It may be fused with fiction, for short · Daily Themed · 56 Across

Jun 10, 2022

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 21 Across

Apr 7, 2022

Branch of study with labs, for short · Daily Themed · 45 Down

Mar 10, 2022

Subject requiring test tubes or microscopes, for short · Daily Themed · 54 Down

Jan 20, 2022

___-fi, literary genre for "Dune" · Daily Themed · 1 Down

Jan 5, 2022

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 42 Down

Dec 24, 2021

___-fi · Daily Themed · 6 Down

Dec 8, 2021

___-fi ("Avatar" genre) · Daily Themed · 29 Down

Nov 23, 2021

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 5 Across

Nov 12, 2021

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 54 Across

Oct 26, 2021

___-fi genre · Daily Themed · 32 Down

Sep 30, 2021

Biology or Chemistry, for short · Daily Themed · 26 Across

Sep 21, 2021

The "S" of STEM, for short · Daily Themed · 53 Across

Sep 13, 2021

School subject with a fair, for short · Daily Themed · 43 Across

Sep 2, 2021

___-fi (film genre) · Daily Themed · 39 Down

Aug 1, 2021

Word with "fi" to mean a movie genre · Daily Themed · 50 Across

Jul 31, 2021

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 8 Down

Jul 14, 2021

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 10 Down

Jun 23, 2021

Chem., for one · Eugene Sheffer · 52 Down

Apr 24, 2021

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 25 Down

Jan 6, 2021

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 50 Down

Dec 30, 2020

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 4 Across

Dec 2, 2020

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 20 Down

Nov 30, 2020

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 23 Across

Jul 6, 2020

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 38 Down

Jun 25, 2020

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 24 Across

May 4, 2020

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 47 Across

Mar 21, 2020

Biol. or chem. · Eugene Sheffer · 22 Across

Mar 3, 2020

High school subj. · Eugene Sheffer · 47 Down

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