Survive

The answer

EXIST

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1994. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• LAST (19 uses in xd)
• ENDURE (12 uses in xd)
• OUTLAST (6 uses in xd)
• OUTLIVE (6 uses in xd)
• GETBY (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for EXIST

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

• Be - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Live and breathe - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Be real - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Live - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• Are - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Have life - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Have a life - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Have being - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Aren't imaginary - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Be present. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Occur - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
• Continue to be - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Take up space - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Be alive - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Get by - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Can't survive without - NEEDS, used 7 times
• Manage to survive - GETBY, used 6 times

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