Dead-on

The answer

EXACT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXACT answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 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.

• APT (4 uses in xd)
• PRECISE (1 uses in xd)
• TRUE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for EXACT

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

• Precise - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• On the nose - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Right on the money - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Spot-on - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Demand - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• On the money - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• On the button - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Right on - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Completely accurate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• On the dot - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Like some change - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Dead duck - GONER, used 97 times
• Dead to the world - INERT, used 24 times
• "Over my dead body!" - NEVER, used 17 times
• "Dead ___ Society" - POETS, used 13 times
• "Dead Souls" author - GOGOL, used 11 times
• "Shaun of the Dead" director Wright - EDGAR, used 9 times

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