Crossword clues - Answer
NEAR
NEAR is a 4-letter crossword answer with 21 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 1,633 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NEAR
NEAR
4Letters
21Clues in collection
1,633Combined 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 NEAR in this collection
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- Close by - used 299 times across 49 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Close - used 263 times across 63 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Approach - used 183 times across 61 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- At hand - used 139 times across 51 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- In the vicinity - used 91 times across 34 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Close to - used 89 times across 32 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Within reach - used 89 times across 26 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- In the neighborhood - used 71 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Close at hand - used 60 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Within earshot - used 49 times across 26 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Within walking distance - used 35 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- In the area - used 34 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Intimate. - used 29 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2011
- Imminent - used 28 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Not far - used 27 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Approaching - used 26 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Kind of miss - used 26 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2019
- In the vicinity of - used 25 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Within shouting distance - used 24 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2021
- Not far away - used 23 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Stingy - used 23 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2015
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- NORA - 4 letters, 842 combined xd usages, 17 clues in this collection
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