Comparatively competent
The crossword clue "Comparatively competent" is answered by ABLER, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABLER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABLER answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABLER
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABLER, most used first.
- More competent - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- More qualified - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- More skilled - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- More fit - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- More adept - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Better qualified - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Better equipped - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- More skillful - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- More capable - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
- Less inept - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- More up to the task - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- More talented - used 10 times, most recently in 2005
- Better suited - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Better trained - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- More proficient - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Having more skill - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- More fit for the task - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- More up to it - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Comparatively friendly - NICER, used 8 times
- Competent - ADEPT, used 8 times
- Not competent - INEPT, used 8 times
- Comparatively cagey - SLYER, used 7 times
- Comparatively modern - NEWER, used 7 times
- Comparatively peculiar - ODDER, used 7 times
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