Beat

The answer

BEST

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEST answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 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.

• TEMPO (43 uses in xd)
• THROB (38 uses in xd)
• PULSE (29 uses in xd)
• OUTDO (21 uses in xd)
• TIRED (21 uses in xd)

Other clues for BEST

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

• Outdo - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Second to none - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Finest - used 50 times, most recently in 2023
• Cream of the crop - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Defeat - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Optimum - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Highest-quality - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Optimal - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Tops - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Top of the line - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Top-rated - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Top - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Utmost. - used 18 times, most recently in 2000
• "Father Knows __" - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Highest in quality - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Vanquish - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Better than better - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Top-quality - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Worst - used 11 times, most recently in 1995
• The "B" in BFF - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Outperform - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Superlative. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Top-shelf - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Unsurpassed - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ in Show" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Most desirable - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Most excellent - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonpareil - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• #1 - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Greatest - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kindest regards - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Of the highest quality - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• One-up - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Oscar superlative - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Overcome - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Superlatively good - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Top-ranked - 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.

• "Beat it!" - SCAT, used 128 times
• "Beat it!" - SHOO, used 69 times
• Barely beat - EDGE, used 43 times
• Beat by a whisker - EDGE, used 26 times
• Just beat - EDGE, used 21 times
• Beat a path - TROD, used 19 times

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