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NEARS

5 letters - 7 clues in this collection

NEARS is a 5-letter crossword answer with 7 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 611 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

NEARS

NEARS

5Letters
7Clues in collection
611Combined 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 NEARS in this collection

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  • Approaches - used 329 times across 80 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Gets closer to - used 79 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Closes in on - used 71 times across 32 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Comes close - used 42 times across 29 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Gets close to - used 35 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Comes closer - used 28 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Gets closer - used 27 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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