"Be __ as it may . . ."

The answer

THAT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THAT answer page.

Used 24 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for THAT

Every other clue in this collection answered by THAT, most used first.

• Not this - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Just one of those things? - used 54 times, most recently in 2024
• "__ does it!" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• "Take ___!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
• "Fancy ___!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Yonder thing - used 23 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.

• They may clash - EGOS, used 78 times
• May honorees - MOMS, used 69 times
• "Be that -- may ..." - ASIT, used 59 times
• "May It Be" singer - ENYA, used 47 times
• To ___ it may concern - WHOM, used 45 times
• ___ May Clampett - ELLY, used 32 times

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