Close
The crossword clue "Close" is answered by SHUT, a 4-letter entry. Used 154 times across 48 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SHUT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHUT answer page.
Used 154 times across 48 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SHUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHUT, most used first.
- Closed - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Boarded up - used 27 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.
- Close by - NEAR, used 299 times
- Close - NEAR, used 263 times
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- Comes to a close - ENDS, used 97 times
- Close to - NEAR, used 89 times
- Close tightly - SEAL, used 82 times
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