Barely perceptible
The crossword clue "Barely perceptible" is answered by FAINT, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FAINT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FAINT answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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.
- LIMINAL (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for FAINT
Every other clue in this collection answered by FAINT, most used first.
- Pass out - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
- Swoon - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely visible - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely audible - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Hard to see - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Indistinct - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Dim - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Hard to make out - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Barely sufficient - SCANT, used 50 times
- Barely defeated - EDGED, used 35 times
- Barely enough - SCANT, used 35 times
- Barely beat - EDGED, used 29 times
- Barely beats - EDGES, used 26 times
- Barely ahead - UPONE, used 20 times
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