Well-phrased

The answer

APT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APT answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for APT

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

• Fitting - used 551 times, most recently in 2026
• Suitable - used 297 times, most recently in 2026
• Likely - used 241 times, most recently in 2026
• Appropriate - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
• Well-put - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Well-suited - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Quick to learn - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
• Inclined - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
• Well-chosen - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• Prone - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Liable - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• On target - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Germane - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Quick on the uptake - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Likely (to) - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Relevant - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• To the point - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Gifted - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• On point - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Disposed - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Quick - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Quick-witted - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
• Spot-on - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Proper - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Inclined (to) - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Pertinent - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Apropos - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Unusually intelligent - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• Befitting - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• On the mark - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Suitable for the occasion - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Prone (to) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bright, as a pupil - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Felicitous - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• On the money - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Skillful. - used 11 times, most recently in 1995
• Bldg. unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Just right - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mentally quick - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Rental ad abbr. - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Clever. - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Qualified - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Quick to catch on - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Suitable to the occasion - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Suited to the task - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Well-chosen, as words - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Dexterous. - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• Exactly suitable - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Suited - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Easily taught - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Especially suited - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Like Usain Bolt's last name - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• On the nose - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Perfectly suited - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• As well - TOO, used 300 times
• "Well, ___-di-dah!" - LAH, used 242 times
• Not well - ILL, used 100 times
• "Well, well, well!" - OHO, used 66 times
• "Well, lah-di-___!" - DAH, used 63 times
• Not feeling well - ILL, used 60 times

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