Most acute
The crossword clue "Most acute" is answered by KEENEST, a 7-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1974. 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
KEENEST
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEENEST answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1974. 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.
- SHARPEST (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for KEENEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEENEST, most used first.
- Most perceptive - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Most astute - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Most enthusiastic - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharpest - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Most profound - DEEPEST, used 27 times
- "Most likely ..." - ODDSARE, used 23 times
- Most orderly - NEATEST, used 20 times
- Most optimistic - ROSIEST, used 19 times
- Most favorable - OPTIMAL, used 17 times
- Most concise - TERSEST, used 15 times
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