Barely beat
The crossword clue "Barely beat" is answered by EDGED, a 5-letter entry. Used 29 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EDGED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDGED answer page.
Used 29 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 17 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.
- EDGEDOUT (5 uses in xd)
- EDGEOUT (5 uses in xd)
- NOSEOUT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for EDGED
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDGED, most used first.
- Barely defeated - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Double-___ sword - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Moved sideways - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Bordered - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Narrowly defeated - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Nosed (out) - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
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!" - SCRAM, used 186 times
- Barely sufficient - SCANT, used 50 times
- Beat - TEMPO, used 43 times
- Usher's beat - AISLE, used 43 times
- Beat - THROB, used 38 times
- Barely enough - SCANT, used 35 times
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