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IDEAL

5 letters - 16 clues in this collection

IDEAL is a 5-letter crossword answer with 16 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 1,154 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

IDEAL

IDEAL

5Letters
16Clues in collection
1,154Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for IDEAL in this collection

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  • Perfect - used 405 times across 66 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Utopian - used 117 times across 61 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Best possible - used 114 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Just right - used 83 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Exemplary - used 55 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Paragon - used 52 times across 34 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Standard of perfection - used 49 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Model of perfection - used 45 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Model - used 35 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Absolutely perfect - used 34 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Optimal - used 33 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Standard of excellence - used 29 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Consummate - used 27 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Flawless - used 27 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • As good as it gets - used 26 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Perfect example - used 23 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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  • INURE - 5 letters, 486 combined xd usages, 7 clues in this collection

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