"Close, but no cigar"
The crossword clue ""Close, but no cigar"" is answered by ALMOST, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ALMOST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALMOST answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 7 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.
- GOODTRY (3 uses in xd)
- GOODGUESS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALMOST
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALMOST, most used first.
- Nearly - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Not quite - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Just about - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- "So close!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Very nearly - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Close by - NEARTO, used 48 times
- Cheap cigar - STOGIE, used 44 times
- Close by - ATHAND, used 25 times
- Close - NEARBY, used 24 times
- Close at hand - NEARBY, used 19 times
- Close again - RESEAL, used 18 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.