Barely defeats
The crossword clue "Barely defeats" is answered by EDGES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EDGES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDGES answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 3 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.
- EDGESOUT (1 uses in xd)
- EKESBY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EDGES
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDGES, most used first.
- Borders - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Rims - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Periphery - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Outer limits - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Boundaries - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely beats - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Fringes - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Advantages - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Noses out - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Outer boundaries - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Margins - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Border lines - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Perimeters - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- A cube has 12 - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Rough around the ___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Sidles - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
- Advances gradually - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Competitive advantages - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Cube's dozen - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Moves cautiously - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Peripheries - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Brinks. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- A cube has twelve - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Easy-to-spot jigsaw pieces - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Just beats - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Moves gradually - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Sharpens. - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Beats by a nose - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Does some lawn work - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Finishes the lawn - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Nips - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Defeats - BESTS, used 66 times
- Barely sufficient - SCANT, used 50 times
- Barely defeated - EDGED, used 35 times
- Barely enough - SCANT, used 35 times
- Barely beat - EDGED, used 29 times
- Barely ahead - UPONE, used 20 times
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