Just beats
The crossword clue "Just beats" is answered by NIPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NIPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NIPS answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2018. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NIPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NIPS, most used first.
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- Puppy bites - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Playful bites - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Small bites - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Bites - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Little bites - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Barely beats - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Small drinks - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Tiny bites - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Beats by a nose - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Short snorts - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Wee bites - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Bites like a puppy - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Bites playfully - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Barely defeats - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Bites lightly - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- ___ in the bud - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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- Just sitting around - IDLE, used 85 times
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