Tilts a little

The answer

LEANS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEANS answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LEANS

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

• Inclines - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
• Tilts - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Lists - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Isn't straight - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Slants - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Isn't quite vertical - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Relies (on) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Is inclined - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Tends - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tilts a bit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tilts to one side - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Depends (on) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Has a bias - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Isn't upright - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Tends (toward) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• The Little Mermaid - ARIEL, used 87 times
• Even a little - ATALL, used 84 times
• Little hooter - OWLET, used 68 times
• Little laugh - TEHEE, used 60 times
• Disney's Little Mermaid - ARIEL, used 58 times
• Little bits - IOTAS, used 53 times

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