"Or ___!"

The answer

ELSE

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

Used 135 times across 48 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 20 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.

• EMOJI (19 uses in xd)
• SYMBOL (12 uses in xd)
• ARROW (11 uses in xd)
• SIGN (10 uses in xd)
• EMOTICON (6 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
• Different - used 264 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
• In addition - used 162 times, most recently in 2025
• Besides - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Choice word - used 147 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
• Additional - used 50 times, most recently in 2023
• Instead - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• "What ___?" - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Alternative word - used 36 times, most recently in 2022
• Other than this - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Additionally - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• "You're something ___!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Further - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• More - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
• Apart from this - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
• Threat ender - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• "When all ___ fails ... " - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "What ___ is there?" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "All ___ being equal ..." - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• "Anyone ___?" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• End of a threat - 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.

• Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• Therefore - ERGO, used 684 times
• Gaelic - ERSE, used 679 times
• Raison d'___ - ETRE, used 658 times
• Coup d'___ - ETAT, used 594 times

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