The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ADHOC , but the solution may also be AD HOC which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Not permanent crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ADHOC | 43 % | 5 |
| ERASABLE | 14 % | 8 |
| ACTING | 7 % | 6 |
| PROTEM | 7 % | 6 |
| GUEST | 7 % | 5 |
| ERADICABLE | 7 % | 10 |
| TRANSIENT | 7 % | 9 |
| AD HOC | 7 % | 6 |
Why may AD-HOC be the right solution?
"Ad hoc" means created or done for a particular purpose or situation, not intended to be permanent. So, it fits the clue "Not permanent."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not permanent
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- temporary
- transient
- ephemeral
- fleeting
- deciduous
- transience
- evanescent
- information management
- fleetingly
- transitory
- polar coordinates
- fugitive
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ADHOC
- For a specific purpose
- Type of committee
- Like some company committees
- Provisional
- Like some committees
- Not standing
- With a specific purpose in mind
- With a specific task in mind
- ___ committee
- For a special purpose
More clues leading to the result ERASABLE
- Not permanent, as ink
- Easy to undo
- Like some pens
- Subject to being wiped out
- Like CD-RW discs
- Subject to removal
- Like whiteboards
- Like some ink
- In pencil, for example
- Like a whiteboard
More clues leading to the result ACTING
- In office as a stopgap
- Stagecraft
- Temporary
- On stage
- Role playing
- Field's field
- Thespian's forte
- What some Oscars honor
- Fakery
- Performing
More clues leading to the result PROTEM
- For the nonce
- For now
- President ___ (acting head)
- For the time being
- Committee ___ (short-lived group)
- Committee ___
- President ___
- President __
- President __: Senate bigwig
- For now, for short
More clues leading to the result GUEST
- Party invitee
- Christopher of "Waiting for Guffman"
- Christopher who co-created 25-Across
- Caller
- Talk-show invitee
- Hotel occupant
- Spare bedroom user
- Visitor
- Company
- Bed-and-breakfast visitor
More clues leading to the result ERADICABLE
More clues leading to the result TRANSIENT
- Fleeting
- Bedouin
- Short-lived
- Not permanent.
- Here today; gone tomorrow.
- Hotel guest.
- Overnight guest in a motel.
- He's here today, gone tomorrow.
- Fleeting.
- Here today, gone tomorrow.