Not as knotty

The answer

EASIER

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EASIER answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EASIER

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

• Less taxing - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Less difficult - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Less demanding - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Not so tough - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Less challenging - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Less complex - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Not as hard - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Not as tough - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Requiring less effort - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Less arduous - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Less complicated - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Less strict - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Checkers, compared to chess - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Not as difficult - 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.

• Not digital - ANALOG, used 66 times
• Not moving - ATREST, used 48 times
• Not quite - ALMOST, used 48 times
• Not optional - NEEDED, used 38 times
• Not out - ATHOME, used 38 times
• Not as fresh - STALER, used 31 times

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