The slightest bit
The crossword clue "The slightest bit" is answered by ATAD, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ATAD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATAD answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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.
- ASMIDGE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ATAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by ATAD, most used first.
- Slightly - used 300 times, most recently in 2026
- Somewhat - used 161 times, most recently in 2026
- Not much - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Just slightly - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
- Not very much - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Ever so slightly - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Just barely - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly any - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Just ___ (not much) - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Barely - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly at all - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Minimally - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Not much at all - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- To some extent - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Very little - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Not too much - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Some - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Very slightly - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Small amount - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Just slightly (2 wds.) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Little bit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- The teensiest bit - used 6 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.
- 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
- Tiny bit - IOTA, used 286 times
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