___ of the time (nearly always)
The crossword clue "___ of the time (nearly always)" is answered by MOST, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
MOST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOST answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MOST
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOST, most used first.
- Lion's share - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Nearly all - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- More than half - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Majority - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- The lion's share - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- The majority - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Largest amount - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Not quite all - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- A majority - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Maximum - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Greatest amount - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of M.V.P. - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Part of MVP - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Very - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Almost all - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Extremely - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Greatest - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- The majority of - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- A majority of - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- The bulk - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Guinness superlative - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- All but a few - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Between half and all - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Greatest number - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Greatest part - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- The "M" in MVP - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- At any time - EVER, used 696 times
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- Always - EVER, used 362 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
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