Didn't go bad

The answer

KEPT

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for KEPT

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

• Retained - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Held on to - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Held onto - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Maintained - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Fulfilled, as a promise - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Hung on to - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Didn't discard - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Didn't spoil - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Didn't toss - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Didn't throw away - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Preserved - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Didn't throw out - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Held - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Didn't return - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Didn't surrender - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Hung onto - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Goes bad - ROTS, used 226 times
• "My bad!" - OOPS, used 191 times
• "Too bad!" - ALAS, used 136 times
• Bad to the bone - EVIL, used 115 times
• Bad day for Caesar - IDES, used 89 times
• Bad mood - SNIT, used 67 times

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