Right on

The answer

EXACT

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 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.

• AMEN (59 uses in xd)
• YEAH (13 uses in xd)
• APT (5 uses in xd)
• YES (5 uses in xd)
• CUE (3 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
• Dead-on - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• 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.

• Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
• Right-hand page - RECTO, used 143 times
• Just right - IDEAL, used 83 times
• Davis of "Do the Right Thing" - OSSIE, used 56 times
• "Moving right __ . . ." - ALONG, used 40 times
• Make things right - ATONE, used 36 times

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