"When pigs fly!"

The answer to “"When pigs fly!"” in the The Washington Post crossword is NEVER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on July 29, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 21-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“"When pigs fly!"” answer

NEVER (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is NEVER.

Why the answer is NEVER

A classic way to say something won’t happen anytime soon 😄

What does NEVER mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of NEVER is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “"When pigs fly!"” appeared?

The Washington Post reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 29, 2026 (most recent) → NEVER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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