The best
The crossword clue "The best" is answered by AONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AONE answer page.
Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 9 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.
- FINEST (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for AONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by AONE, most used first.
- Top-notch - used 376 times, most recently in 2026
- First-rate - used 274 times, most recently in 2026
- Tops - used 230 times, most recently in 2026
- First-class - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
- Top-of-the-line - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Top-rated - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Top-drawer - used 102 times, most recently in 2025
- Excellent - used 63 times, most recently in 2022
- Primo - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Highly rated - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Super-duper - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Top-shelf - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Topnotch - used 45 times, most recently in 2017
- Superior - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- ". . . in ___-horse open sleigh" - used 32 times, most recently in 2018
- Tip-top - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Bang-up - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Prime - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Top-flight - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
- Superb - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Top rating - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Five-star - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Tiptop - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
- Super - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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