Alternative word

The answer

ELSE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELSE answer page.

Used 36 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 12 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.

• RATHER (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELSE

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

• Otherwise - used 1,353 times, most recently in 2026
• "If all ___ fails ..." - used 345 times, most recently in 2026
• "What ___ is new?" - used 224 times, most recently in 2026
• "So what ___ is new?" - used 221 times, most recently in 2026
• If not - used 199 times, most recently in 2026
• Other - used 190 times, most recently in 2025
• Alternatively - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
• "Anything ___?" - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• "What ___ can I say?" - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Besides that - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Differently - used 94 times, most recently in 2025
• Ultimatum ender - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Ultimatum word - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Other than that - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• "Do it or ___!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• "Will there be anything ___?" - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Instead - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Other than this - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• "You're something ___!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Apart from this - used 29 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Golden Rule word - UNTO, used 299 times
• Division word - INTO, used 273 times
• Word-of-mouth - ORAL, used 184 times
• Towel word - HERS, used 143 times
• Word of woe - ALAS, used 143 times
• Word of regret - ALAS, used 124 times

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