Appears to be
The crossword clue "Appears to be" is answered by SEEMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 89 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SEEMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEEMS answer page.
Used 89 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- LOOKS (2 uses in xd)
- SEEMSLIKE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SEEMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEEMS, most used first.
- Appears - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Looks to be - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes across as - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Looks - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
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