Comes across as
The crossword clue "Comes across as" is answered by SEEMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SEEMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEEMS answer page.
Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SEEMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEEMS, most used first.
- Appears - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Appears to be - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Looks to be - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Looks - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- It comes from the heart - AORTA, used 108 times
- Reaches across - SPANS, used 48 times
- Comes close - NEARS, used 42 times
- Comes down - RAINS, used 37 times
- Comes closer - NEARS, used 28 times
- Comes in last - LOSES, used 25 times
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