It's all downhill from here

The answer

PEAK

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEAK answer page.

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 7 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.

• ACME (12 uses in xd)
• APEX (7 uses in xd)
• APOGEE (1 uses in xd)
• HIMALAYAS (1 uses in xd)
• MTEVEREST (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PEAK

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

• High point - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Mountaintop - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Summit - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Pinnacle - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Apex - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Reach a high point - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Top - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Reach a high - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Crest - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Maximum - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mountain top - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Acme - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Busiest - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Highest point - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Top out - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Climber's goal - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Reach a maximum - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Top of a mountain - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mountain - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• "If all ___ fails ..." - ELSE, used 345 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
• All over again - ANEW, used 269 times
• "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
• From square one - ANEW, used 181 times

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