Ideal
The crossword clue "Ideal" is answered by OPTIMAL, a 7-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OPTIMAL
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPTIMAL answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for OPTIMAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPTIMAL, most used first.
- Best - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Most favorable - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- As good as it gets - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Ideal - PARAGON, used 14 times
- Ideal example - EPITOME, used 9 times
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