Not tight enough
The crossword clue "Not tight enough" is answered by LOOSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 4 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 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Inexact - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- 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
- Unconfined - 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.
- More than enough - AMPLE, used 185 times
- Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
- Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
- Not together - APART, used 116 times
- Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
- Old enough - OFAGE, used 97 times
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