Lies adjacent to
The crossword clue "Lies adjacent to" is answered by ABUTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABUTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABUTS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABUTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABUTS, most used first.
- Borders on - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Touches on - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Borders - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Touches - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Shares a border with - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Neighbors - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Is adjacent to - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Is next to - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Lies next to - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Adjoins - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Is up against - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Touches upon - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- Touches against - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Witherspoon of "Big Little Lies" - REESE, used 15 times
- Lies in wait - LURKS, used 14 times
- "Big Little Lies" author Moriarty - LIANE, used 10 times
- Lies low - HIDES, used 6 times
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