Not in the ___

The answer

LEAST

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

Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 4 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.

• SLIGHTEST (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LEAST

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

• Minimum - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Slightest - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Minimal - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Smallest - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Bare minimum - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Smallest amount - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Minimal amount - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Minimum amount - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Last but not __ - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• "It's the ___ I can do" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Most trifling - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Most insignificant - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Smallest possible - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Lowest possible - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of most - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "... to say the ___" - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• "That's the ___ of my worries!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Fewest - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of LCD - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Tiniest bit - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• __ common denominator - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Most trivial - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Part of L.C.D. - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "It was the ___ I could do" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Absolute minimum - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• At ___ (in any case) - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Lowest in importance - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Merest - 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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times

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