As good as it gets
The crossword clue "As good as it gets" is answered by IDEAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 26 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IDEAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDEAL answer page.
Used 26 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 14 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.
- GRADEA (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for IDEAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDEAL, most used first.
- Perfect - used 405 times, most recently in 2026
- Utopian - used 117 times, most recently in 2025
- Best possible - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Just right - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Exemplary - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Paragon - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
- Standard of perfection - used 49 times, most recently in 2024
- Model of perfection - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Model - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Absolutely perfect - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Optimal - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Standard of excellence - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Consummate - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Flawless - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Perfect example - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
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- Esther of "Good Times" - ROLLE, used 82 times
- Gets closer to - NEARS, used 79 times
- Gets up - RISES, used 70 times
- Good thing to have - ASSET, used 62 times
- Good thing - ASSET, used 52 times
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