By no chance.

The answer

NEVER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEVER answer page.

Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 1967; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NEVER

Every other clue in this collection answered by NEVER, most used first.

• "When pigs fly!" - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• At no time - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Not even once - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not in a million years!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "Over my dead body!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "Forget it!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fat chance!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Not once - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "When hell freezes over!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "Absolutely not!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Emphatic refusal - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Not at all. - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• "No way!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Not a chance!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Adamant refusal - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "In a pig's eye!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• "In your dreams!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Not at any time - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Not on your life!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ say die" - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
• "___ again!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Under no circumstances - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "When donkeys fly!" - 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.

• Game of chance - LOTTO, used 57 times
• Took a chance - DARED, used 35 times
• Chance to swing - ATBAT, used 25 times
• Chance for a hit - ATBAT, used 21 times
• Chance to hit - ATBAT, used 20 times
• "Not a chance!" - NOWAY, used 18 times

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