Somewhat open, as a door

The answer

AJAR

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Like some doors - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Not shut - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• 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.

• Somewhat - ABIT, used 218 times
• Somewhat - ATAD, used 161 times
• Open-handed hit - SLAP, used 78 times
• Door fastener - HASP, used 75 times
• Open space - AREA, used 70 times
• Somewhat, in music - POCO, used 48 times

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