The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IDEAL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Perfect crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IDEAL | 59 % | 5 |
| HONE | 14 % | 4 |
| AOK | 4 % | 3 |
| ERRORLESS | 2 % | 9 |
| UTOPIAN | 2 % | 7 |
| SPOTON | 1 % | 6 |
| MINT | 1 % | 4 |
| JUSTRIGHT | 1 % | 9 |
| EDENIC | 1 % | 6 |
| REFINE | 1 % | 6 |
| AONE | 1 % | 4 |
| ABSOLUTE | 1 % | 8 |
| APLUS | 1 % | 5 |
| FLAWLESS | 1 % | 8 |
| TIPTOP | 1 % | 6 |
| ERRORFREE | 1 % | 9 |
| UNERRING | 1 % | 8 |
| ILOVEIT | 1 % | 7 |
| ROUNDOFF | 1 % | 8 |
| EXACT | 1 % | 5 |
| AOKAY | 1 % | 5 |
| RIPEN | 1 % | 5 |
| DEADON | 1 % | 6 |
| NAILEDIT | 1 % | 8 |
| THATSIT | 0 % | 7 |
| INFALLIBLE | 0 % | 10 |
| UNFLAWED | 0 % | 8 |
| BINGO | 0 % | 5 |
| GEMLIKE | 0 % | 7 |
| OPTIMUM | 0 % | 7 |
| INERRANT | 0 % | 8 |
| OPTIMIE | 0 % | 7 |
| RIGHTONTHEMONEY | 0 % | 15 |
| XON | 0 % | 3 |
| SUPER | 0 % | 5 |
| OPTIMIZE | 0 % | 8 |
| TOTHELETTER | 0 % | 11 |
| TOTAL | 0 % | 5 |
| WHOLE | 0 % | 5 |
| MASTER | 0 % | 6 |
| HOTSYTOTSY | 0 % | 10 |
| ALL | 0 % | 3 |
| IDE | 0 % | 3 |
Why may HONE be the right solution?
"HONE" can mean to sharpen or perfect something, such as a skill or a blade.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Perfect
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- perfectible
- consummate
- exact
- pluperfect
- ideal
- thoroughgoing
- down pat
- idealized
- perfective
- perfect tense
- utter
- complete
Crossword Answer definitions
IDEAL adjective- Optimal; being the best possibility.
- Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
- Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
- Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
- Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
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 IDEAL
More clues leading to the result HONE
- Perfect
- Use a whetstone
- Fine-tune
- Make perfect
- Perfect, as a skill
- Put an edge on
- Sharpen
- Whet
- Improve with effort
- Apply to an emery wheel
More clues leading to the result AOK
- Fine
- NASA assent
- Fine, at NASA
- John Glenn thumbs up
- Just fine
- Fine, at Mission Control
- Perfect
- Space-shuttle assent
- Just peachy
- "Hunky-dory"
More clues leading to the result ERRORLESS
More clues leading to the result UTOPIAN
- One with perfect vision?
- Socially perfect
- Aspiring to impracticable perfection
- Idealistic social reformer
- Perfect
- Idealist
- Like a perfect world
- Unrealistically lofty
- Like pipe dreams
- Visionary
More clues leading to the result SPOTON
- "Exactly!"
- "You got it!"
- Exactly right
- Accurate
- Precisely
- Exactly
- Perfect, as an impersonation
- Perfect
- Exact, in British slang
- Exact, to a Brit
More clues leading to the result MINT
- Make money, in a way
- Money maker
- After dinner treat
- Aromatic plant
- Coin factory
- Money-making outfit
- Where money is made
- Big moneymaker
- Condition at a baseball card show
- After-dinner candy
More clues leading to the result JUSTRIGHT
More clues leading to the result EDENIC
- Like a paradise
- Like paradise
- Just like heaven
- Paradisiacal
- Residentially ideal
- Blissful
- In the first place?
- Heavenly
- Utopian
- Unspoiled
More clues leading to the result REFINE
- Polish
- Make some adjustments
- Process 68 Down
- Perfect
- Purify
- Process, as sugar
- Improve
- Make more elegant
- Free from impurities
- Sharpen
More clues leading to the result AONE
- Couldn't be better
- Primo
- Superior rating
- Top rating
- Top-drawer
- Top-notch
- Top-rated
- Tops
- Better than good
- First class
More clues leading to the result ABSOLUTE
- Total, as secrecy
- Out-and-out
- ___ zero (very cold)
- Unequivocal
- Unlimited
- Unrestricted
- Unquestionable
- Pure.
- Free from imperfection.
- Perfect.
More clues leading to the result APLUS
- Super-excellent grade
- Excellent mark
- Top grade
- Unbeatable grade
- Brainiac's accomplishment
- Impressive mark
- Mathlete's trigonometry grade, likely
- Superb, grade-wise
- 100, in a sense
- It's in the upper 90s
More clues leading to the result FLAWLESS
More clues leading to the result TIPTOP
- Superb
- Excellent
- Aces
- Of the highest quality
- Peak
- Best of the best
- Extreme summit
- First-rate
- Superlative
- Highest point
More clues leading to the result ERRORFREE
More clues leading to the result UNERRING
- Right on the mark
- Faultless
- Perfect
- Precise
- Infallible.
- Exact.
- Straight to the mark
- Dead accurate
- Infallible
More clues leading to the result ILOVEIT
- Response to receiving a perfect present
- "This is great!"
- Rave review
- "Thanks, this gift couldn't be better!"
- "Don't change a thing!"
- "That's perfect as is!"
- "Couldn't be happier!"
- "Fantastic!"
- "Perfect!"
- "Fabulous!"
More clues leading to the result ROUNDOFF
More clues leading to the result EXACT
- Force, as a payment
- Letter-perfect
- Precise
- Not even a little off
- Right on
- Right on target
- Strict
- On the button
- To the nanosecond
- Accurate to a T
More clues leading to the result AOKAY
- All is well!
- Excellent
- Just ducky
- Thumbs up
- Astronaut's "thumbs-up" (var.)
- Perfect, at NASA (var.)
- Good to go
- Hunky-dory
- Jim-dandy
- Just fine
More clues leading to the result RIPEN
- Mature
- Become ready to pluck
- Turn edible
- Turn red, perhaps
- Age
- Come to fruition
- Mellow
- Turn red on the vine, say
- Get ready for the apple store, perhaps?
- Get ready to eat?
More clues leading to the result DEADON
- Exactly
- Precisely right
- Exact
- Perfectly correct
- Exactly right
- Precise
- Accurate
- Exactly accurate
- ___ one's feet (exhausted)
- Precisely correct
More clues leading to the result NAILEDIT
- "That was perfect!"
- Was right on target
- Post-exam exultation
- "Perfect!"
- Passed the test in a big way
- Words often said with a fist pump
- Cry of success that can also be a sarcastic admission of failure
- Performed a routine perfectly
- "I totally crushed that!"
- Sarcastic response to a fail
More clues leading to the result THATSIT
- "Bingo!"
- "All done!"
- "Now I'm really mad!"
- "I've had enough!"
- "We're done here"
- Statement by a ticked off person
- "OK, I'm done"
- "Aha!"
- "Of course!"
- "We're done"
More clues leading to the result INFALLIBLE
More clues leading to the result UNFLAWED
More clues leading to the result BINGO
- Shout at a church event
- Card game?
- Reservation game
- You guessed it!
- Fund raiser, often
- Money-raising card game
- "Nailed it"
- Churchgoer's outcry?
- Winner's call
- Its participants must form a line
More clues leading to the result GEMLIKE
More clues leading to the result OPTIMUM
More clues leading to the result INERRANT
- Perfectly correct
- Infallible.
- Free from mistakes
- Flawless
- Mistake-free
- Free of mistakes
- Always right
- Perfect
More clues leading to the result OPTIMIE
More clues leading to the result RIGHTONTHEMONEY
- Exactly
- Exactly; precisely
- Exact
- Accurate
- Very precise
- Perfect
- Gracing a magazine's cover?
- Exactly ... or where to find 17-, 25-, 43- and 57-Across?
- Exactly ... like a conservative's plan to lower taxes?
- Not the least bit off
More clues leading to the result XON
More clues leading to the result SUPER
- Bowl or star preceder
- "Terrific!"
- Marvelous!
- Like some models?
- Terrific
- Fantastic
- Starter for star or power
- Apartment 1-A resident, often
- "Terrif!"
- Outstanding
More clues leading to the result OPTIMIZE
More clues leading to the result TOTHELETTER
More clues leading to the result TOTAL
- Summer's end?
- Wreck a car
- Smash to smithereens
- Add up
- All-Bran rival
- Demolish
- Utter
- Life rival
- Smash beyond human recognition
- Wreck
More clues leading to the result WHOLE
- Entire
- ___ Foods
- Self-contained
- Sum total
- Undivided
- Word before "shebang"
- Fully assembled
- Unbroken
- In one piece
- The ___ enchilada
More clues leading to the result MASTER
- Merchant ship captain
- Become expert in
- Learn thoroughly
- Design expert who thinks about navigation
- Kind of class or plan
- Zen teacher
- Tony, to Jeannie
- Get the hang of
- Become an expert in
- Conquer
More clues leading to the result HOTSYTOTSY
More clues leading to the result ALL
- "__ Along the Watchtower"
- 100%
- The whole enchilada
- The whole shebang
- The works
- Three Musketeers cry starter
- Wholly
- "This above ___, to thine own..."
- "___ She Wrote"
- Complete