Retro "Cool!"

The answer

NEATO

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEATO answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• RAD (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NEATO

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

• "Cool!" - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
• "Swell!" - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• "Keen!" - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• "Peachy keen!" - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• "Groovy!" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• "Cool beans!" - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• "Peachy!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• "Nifty!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "Far out!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• "Super!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• "Rad!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Super-duper!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Way cool!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• "Sweet!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Awesome!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• "How cool!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Outta sight!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• "Marvy!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Super cool!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's cool!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fab!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Old-fashioned "Cool!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Old-fashioned "Awesome!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "That's swell!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Gee, that's swell!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• "Terrif!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Lose one's cool - PANIC, used 43 times
• Not cool - UNHIP, used 43 times
• Cool - ALOOF, used 17 times
• Cool and distant - ALOOF, used 16 times
• Lose one's cool - GOAPE, used 15 times
• Loses one's cool - SNAPS, used 15 times

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