Tops
The crossword clue "Tops" is answered by BESTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BESTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BESTS answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BESTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BESTS, most used first.
- Defeats - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Outdoes - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Outperforms - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- One-ups - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Personal records - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Conquers - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Outplays - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- "Personal" top scores - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Surpasses - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Triumphs over - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Gets the better of - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Outwits - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Vanquishes - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Outdoes in competition - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Trumps - used 6 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.
- Tops - ACMES, used 26 times
- Big tops - TENTS, used 15 times
- Tops of heads - PATES, used 14 times
- They have flat tops - MESAS, used 11 times
- Tops (out) - MAXES, used 10 times
- Stadium tops - DOMES, used 7 times
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