Next
The crossword clue "Next" is answered by NEAREST, a 7-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEAREST
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEAREST answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for NEAREST
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEAREST, most used first.
- Closest - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Least remote - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Most accessible - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Most intimate. - used 11 times, most recently in 1999
- Least distant - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Most proximate - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Proximate - used 8 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.
- "What happened next?" - ANDTHEN, used 11 times
- "Better luck next time" - NICETRY, used 6 times
- Next available - SOONEST, used 6 times
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