What the "poor dog" had

The answer

NONE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NONE answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NONE

Every other clue in this collection answered by NONE, most used first.

• Zilch - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
• Zero - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ of the above - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Not any - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Zip - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ of your business!" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• "And Then There Were ___" - used 48 times, most recently in 2023
• Nary a one - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ but the brave . . . " - used 34 times, most recently in 2006
• Bar ___ - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Zippo - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Nary a soul - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ the wiser - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• What the fourth little piggy had - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Fewer than few - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Nada - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Less than any - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• All alternative - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• All's opposite - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Fourth little piggy's share - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Not even one - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of all - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• 0% - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ of your beeswax!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Not one. - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• What one little piggy had - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Canonical hour - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Squat - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "___ But the Lonely Heart." - used 11 times, most recently in 2003
• Poor dog's portion - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Sixpence ___ the Richer - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• No part. - used 10 times, most recently in 1973
• Not a whit - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• ___ the worse for wear - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Second to __ - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Second to __ (the best) - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Not a lick - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Not at all. - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Nothing. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• __ of the above ("other" choice) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• The absolute minimum - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• All or __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ But the Brave"; Sinatra film - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Poor dog's portion, in rhyme - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• What Mother Hubbard's dog had - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Less than a little - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ too happy - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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