Not accidental

The answer

MEANT

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

Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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.

• DELIBERATE (2 uses in xd)
• INTENDED (1 uses in xd)
• ONPURPOSE (1 uses in xd)
• PLANNED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MEANT

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

• Intended - used 241 times, most recently in 2026
• Had in mind - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Signified - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Stood for - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Implied - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Should have said - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Denoted - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Wasn't kidding about - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Destined (for) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's not what I ___!" - 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.

• 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
• Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
• Not suitable - INAPT, used 65 times

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