Helps in wrongdoing
The crossword clue "Helps in wrongdoing" is answered by ABETS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABETS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABETS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABETS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABETS, most used first.
- Aids in crime - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Encourages - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Helps in a heist - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Helps a hood - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Helps with a heist - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Aids illegally - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Aids in wrongdoing - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Assists in wrongdoing - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Drives the getaway car, say - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Supports - used 12 times, most recently in 2003
- Drives the getaway car - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
- Incites - used 11 times, most recently in 1987
- Assists - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
- Assists in a crime - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Aids in a crime - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Seconds. - used 9 times, most recently in 2000
- Assists, criminally - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Assists in crime - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Helps, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Helps in crime - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Helps with a crime - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Assists with a crime - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Is a partner in crime - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Aids and __ (helps in a crime) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Assists a felon - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Drives the getaway car for, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Helps - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Helps with the dishes - DRIES, used 43 times
- Helps with the dishes - WIPES, used 9 times
- ___ a hand (helps out) - LENDS, used 8 times
- Helps oneself to - TAKES, used 8 times
- Is of ___ (helps) - USETO, used 6 times
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