Almost never
The crossword clue "Almost never" is answered by RARELY, a 6-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RARELY
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RARELY answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RARELY
Every other clue in this collection answered by RARELY, most used first.
- Seldom - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Once in a blue moon - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly ever - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Not often - used 8 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.
- Almost - NEARLY, used 50 times
- Never-before-seen - ALLNEW, used 38 times
- "Never mind!" - SKIPIT, used 29 times
- Now or never - ADVERB, used 8 times
- "Almost ready!" - ONESEC, used 7 times
- "I Never Played the Game" author - COSELL, used 6 times
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