Not shut

The answer

AJAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AJAR answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• OPEN (10 uses in xd)

Other clues for AJAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by AJAR, most used first.

• Slightly open - used 322 times, most recently in 2026
• Not quite closed - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Cracked - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Not quite shut - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Open a bit - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Partly open - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Open a crack - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
• Close to closed - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Cracked open - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Open - used 41 times, most recently in 2021
• Open slightly - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Slightly open, as a door - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Slightly cracked - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Barely open - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Not fully closed - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Not in harmony - used 28 times, most recently in 1993
• A bit cracked - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Discordant - used 24 times, most recently in 2002
• Not closed all the way - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Partially open - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Out of harmony. - used 21 times, most recently in 1976
• Almost closed - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Not fully shut - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Somewhat open - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Cracked a bit - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Just open - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Nearly closed - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Open a little - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Open some - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Open a tad - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Nearly shut - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Open just a bit - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Open somewhat - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Partly open, as a door - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• A bit open - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• A little open - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• At variance with - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cracked, as a door - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Somewhat open, as a door - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Like some doors - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Admitting a draft - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Almost shut - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Not completely shut - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Open just a crack - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Partially open, as a door - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Just shy of shut - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Not completely closed - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Not shut tight - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Open just a tad - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Unshut - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Allowing a draft - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Not closed - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Allowing a peek - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Between open and closed - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Not shut all the way - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Opened a crack - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Short of shut - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• If not - ELSE, used 199 times
• Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
• Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
• Not so much - LESS, used 171 times

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