Bare minimum
The crossword clue "Bare minimum" is answered by LEAST, a 5-letter entry. Used 55 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LEAST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAST answer page.
Used 55 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LEAST
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEAST, most used first.
- Minimum - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Slightest - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Minimal - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Smallest - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Smallest amount - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Minimal amount - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Minimum amount - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Last but not __ - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- "It's the ___ I can do" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- Bare - NAKED, used 23 times
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