Do really well

The answer

EXCEL

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. 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

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• SLAY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for EXCEL

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

• Shine - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand out - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Surpass - used 16 times, most recently in 2008
• Outdo. - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
• Do very well - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Do extremely well - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Microsoft spreadsheet program - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Perform very well - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Get all A's - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Spreadsheet program in Microsoft Office - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Spreadsheet software - 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.

• Really bothered - ATEAT, used 62 times
• Really love - ADORE, used 61 times
• "Well done!" - BRAVO, used 59 times
• Really bother - EATAT, used 57 times
• Really like - ADORE, used 43 times
• Well-known - NOTED, used 39 times

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