Be a match for
The crossword clue "Be a match for" is answered by RIVAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RIVAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIVAL answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RIVAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIVAL, most used first.
- Competitor - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Opponent - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Adversary - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Foe - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Antagonist - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Challenger - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Business competitor - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Coke, to Pepsi - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Compete with - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Competing. - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Paris, to Romeo - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Romantic competitor - used 6 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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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