Very nearly
The crossword clue "Very nearly" is answered by ALMOST, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024. 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
ALMOST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALMOST answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- "Close, but no cigar" - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- "So close!" - used 9 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.
- Very small - TEENSY, used 25 times
- Very - EVERSO, used 20 times
- Very popular - REDHOT, used 19 times
- Makes very happy - ELATES, used 17 times
- The very beginning - DAYONE, used 16 times
- Very serious - SOLEMN, used 16 times
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