"If all ___ fails ..."

The answer

ELSE

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

Used 345 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 29 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELSE

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

• Otherwise - used 1,353 times, most recently in 2026
• Different - used 264 times, most recently in 2026
• "What ___ is new?" - used 224 times, most recently in 2026
• "So what ___ is new?" - used 221 times, most recently in 2026
• If not - used 199 times, most recently in 2026
• Other - used 190 times, most recently in 2025
• Alternatively - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
• In addition - used 162 times, most recently in 2025
• Besides - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Choice word - used 147 times, most recently in 2026
• "Or ___!" - used 135 times, most recently in 2025
• "Anything ___?" - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• "What ___ can I say?" - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Besides that - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Differently - used 94 times, most recently in 2025
• Ultimatum ender - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Ultimatum word - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Other than that - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• "Do it or ___!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• "Will there be anything ___?" - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Additional - used 50 times, most recently in 2023
• Instead - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• "What ___?" - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Alternative word - used 36 times, most recently in 2022
• Other than this - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Additionally - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
• "You're something ___!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Further - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• More - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
• Apart from this - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
• Threat ender - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• "When all ___ fails ... " - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "What ___ is there?" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "All ___ being equal ..." - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• "Anyone ___?" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• End of a threat - used 21 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.

• All over again - ANEW, used 269 times
• All there - SANE, used 134 times
• Prefix meaning "all" - OMNI, used 119 times
• All tied up - EVEN, used 105 times
• Fails to be - ISNT, used 104 times
• "___ for All Seasons" - AMAN, used 98 times

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