Border
The crossword clue "Border" is answered by EDGE, a 4-letter entry. Used 232 times across 52 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 30 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EDGE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDGE answer page.
Used 232 times across 52 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 30 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.
- FRINGE (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for EDGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDGE, most used first.
- Advantage - used 385 times, most recently in 2026
- Rim - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
- Slight advantage - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Brink - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
- Upper hand - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
- Perimeter - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Competitive advantage - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Boundary - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Periphery - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
- Outer boundary - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Outer limit - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Leg up - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Lip - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharpness - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Barely beat - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Keenness - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Margin - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Nose (out) - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Verge - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- Beat by a whisker - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
- Barely defeat - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Fringe - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Precipice - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Slight lead - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Just beat - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Move sideways - used 21 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.
- Border on - ABUT, used 472 times
- Share a border with - ABUT, used 152 times
- Heraldic border - ORLE, used 71 times
- Border - ABUT, used 59 times
- Shield border - ORLE, used 45 times
- Border lake - ERIE, used 33 times
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