Moves toward
The crossword clue "Moves toward" is answered by NEARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEARS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEARS answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 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.
- GRAVITATES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NEARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEARS, most used first.
- Approaches - used 329 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets closer to - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Closes in on - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes close - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Gets close to - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes closer - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets closer - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets warmer - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Draws nigh - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Approximates - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
- Converges on - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Verges on - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Draws close - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Draws close to - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets close - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes close to - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Creeps up on - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Draws closer - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Zeroes in on - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Impends - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Becomes imminent - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Dance moves - STEPS, used 48 times
- Toward the stern - ABAFT, used 46 times
- Charged toward - RANAT, used 43 times
- Toward the back - AREAR, used 42 times
- Point toward - AIMAT, used 37 times
- Rushed toward - RANAT, used 22 times
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