Got close
The crossword clue "Got close" is answered by NEARED, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. 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
NEARED
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEARED answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 4 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.
- DREWNEAR (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for NEARED
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEARED, most used first.
- Approached - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
- Closed in on - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Got close to - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Got closer to - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Came close. - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Came close to - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Came closer - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Close by - NEARTO, used 48 times
- Got by - MADEDO, used 44 times
- Got around - EVADED, used 29 times
- "I've got it!" - EUREKA, used 28 times
- Close by - ATHAND, used 25 times
- Close - NEARBY, used 24 times
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