Beats by a nose
The crossword clue "Beats by a nose" is answered by EDGES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EDGES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDGES answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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)
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
- Barely defeats - 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
- 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.
- Pig's nose - SNOUT, used 58 times
- "Beats me!" - DUNNO, used 51 times
- Nose around - SNOOP, used 24 times
- Nose, slangily - SNOOT, used 23 times
- On the nose - EXACT, used 23 times
- Offends the nose - REEKS, used 14 times
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