Use an abacus

The answer

ADD

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADD answer page.

Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ADD

Every other clue in this collection answered by ADD, most used first.

• Throw in - used 206 times, most recently in 2026
• Tack on - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
• Put two and two together - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• Say further - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Toss in - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Contribute - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Do sums - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Sum up - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Annex - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
• Append - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Total - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
• Interject - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Find a sum - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Go on to say - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe verb - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Put in - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Calculate a sum - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Do simple math - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Do some sums - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Total up - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe word - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Toss into the mix - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Say more - used 25 times, most recently in 2018
• State further - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Recipe instruction - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Do the math - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Make sense, with "up" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Do sum work? - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Supplement - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
• Tally up - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Tally - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Kick in - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Mix in - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Calculate a total - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "It just doesn't ___ up" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Put on - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Sum - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Include - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Insert - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Subjoin - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Use a plus sign - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Opposite of subtract - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Throw into the mix - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Do arithmetic - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Increase - used 14 times, most recently in 2002
• Stick in - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Word on a dipstick - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Attach - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Do some basic math - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Explain further - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Put two and two together, say - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Augment - used 10 times, most recently in 2004
• Count up - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Solve a Kakuro puzzle, say - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Stir in - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Combine - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Stick on - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Use an abacus, perhaps - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Arithmetic directive - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Check the check - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Contribute (to) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Go figure? - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Put together - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Tot - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Tot up - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
• Do some simple math - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ insult to injury - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Solve some KenKen, say - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Use a calculator - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Build (on) - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Cookbook direction - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Get to the bottom line - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Incorporate - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Write further - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

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• Use a straw - SIP, used 85 times
• Use a crowbar - PRY, used 55 times
• Use a shuttle - TAT, used 53 times
• Use a chair - SIT, used 46 times
• Use needle and thread - SEW, used 40 times

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