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SEEMS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEEMS answer page.

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ITSEEMS (3 uses in xd)
• RESEMBLES (2 uses in xd)
• APPEARS (1 uses in xd)
• BEAMS (1 uses in xd)

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
• Comes across as - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Looks - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• "What ___ to be the problem?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ legit" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "It ___ to me ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "___ like old times" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Looks as if - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Looks for - SEEKS, used 93 times
• Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
• Looks after - TENDS, used 87 times
• "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
• Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
• Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times

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