Except when
The crossword clue "Except when" is answered by UNLESS, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UNLESS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UNLESS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for UNLESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by UNLESS, most used first.
- Except if - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Except - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Except that. - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
- If not - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Except on the condition - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Save - used 7 times, most recently in 1991
- "Don't fire ___ fired upon" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Since way back when - INAGES, used 10 times
- When mammoths roamed - ICEAGE, used 9 times
- Epoch when mammals arose - EOCENE, used 8 times
- When many go to lunch - ATNOON, used 8 times
- When mammoths lived - ICEAGE, used 7 times
- When roosters crow - ATDAWN, used 7 times
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