"__ ideal world . . ."

The answer

INAN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INAN answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. 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.

• UTOPIA (5 uses in xd)
• EDEN (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for INAN

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

• ___ instant - used 85 times, most recently in 2024
• __ uproar - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ instant (quickly) - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ instant (immediately) - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Put ___ appearance - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Back ___ hour" (shop sign) - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• __ instant (at once) - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Words before instant or uproar - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• ___ instant (very quickly) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Aerosmith's "Love ___ Elevator" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ instant (right away) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Words with instant or uproar - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• "Brave New World" drug - SOMA, used 60 times
• "The Biggest Little City in the World" - RENO, used 48 times
• Brought into the world - BORN, used 42 times
• "___ Small World" - ITSA, used 35 times
• "The World According to ___" - GARP, used 30 times
• World Cup cheers - OLES, used 29 times

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