Inexact
The crossword clue "Inexact" is answered by LOOSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LOOSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOOSE answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 7 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.
- ESTIMATED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LOOSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOOSE, most used first.
- Baggy - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Off the leash - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfettered - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- At large - used 35 times, most recently in 2019
- Not tight - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Free - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
- On the lam - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Relaxed - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Untethered - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
- Slack - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
- Let fly - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Not taut - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Unrestrained - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- In need of tightening - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Running free - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- At liberty - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of change - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite of tight - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Unattached - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- On the run - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Ready to fall out - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Unbound - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Almost ready for the tooth fairy - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Detached - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Imprecise - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Like baggy pants - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Unleashed - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Fast partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Like some change - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Lax - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Needing tightening - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Informal - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Not tight enough - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Unconfined - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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