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"through" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often via (3 letters).
Definitions
From one side to the other; across
Word origin
From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh₂- (“to pass through”) + *-kʷe (“and”).
Used in a sentence
“I drove through Lausanne on my way from Geneva to Zurich.”
“The bullet went right through his leg.”
“The virus broke out in the capital city and is now spreading quickly through the country.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“From start to end”7 letters
02“From side to side”7 letters
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