Pool

The answer

MERE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MERE answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1996; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 2 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.

• GENE (16 uses in xd)
• TIDAL (7 uses in xd)
• TARN (6 uses in xd)
• KITTY (4 uses in xd)
• STENO (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for MERE

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

• Insignificant - used 175 times, most recently in 2026
• Nothing more than - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
• Simple - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• "A ___ formality" - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Trifling - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Paltry - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Only - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ mortals - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• No more than - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Just - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Nothing but - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Pure and simple - used 45 times, most recently in 2023
• A ___ pittance - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Bare - used 39 times, most recently in 2008
• "... for a ___ pittance" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Piddling - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Slight - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "A ___ technicality!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ mortal - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Unimportant - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Little more than - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Inconsequential - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Unembellished - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
• "A ___ coincidence!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• A ___ bagatelle - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Measly - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Scant - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Trivial - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• French mother - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ words cannot express ..." - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• A __ pittance (very little money) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Like mortals? - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Being nothing more than - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• French parent - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
• Nothing other than - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Marginally sufficient - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Plain and simple - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Type of formality - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• "It's a ___ formality" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of formality - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• No better than - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Not more than - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Nothing more than specified - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Only just - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Mountain pool - TARN, used 44 times
• Pool division - LANE, used 36 times
• Pool table surface - FELT, used 31 times
• Pool sticks - CUES, used 30 times
• Kind of pool - GENE, used 19 times
• Pool table material - FELT, used 19 times

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