Does the math
The crossword clue "Does the math" is answered by ADDS, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ADDS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADDS answer page.
Used 17 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CRUNCHESNUMBERS (1 uses in xd)
- SOLVES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ADDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADDS, most used first.
- Tacks on - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
- Throws in - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
- Contributes - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Tosses in - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Says further - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts two and two together - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Totals - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Goes on to say - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Appends - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts in - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Totals up - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Annexes - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- States further - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Finds a sum - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Sums up - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Finds a total - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Does sums - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Interjects - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Tallies - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Tallies up - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Mixes in - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Sums - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Stirs in - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Calculates a total - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Does some sums - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Supplements - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
- Calculates a sum - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts on - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Says more - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Takes into a count? - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
- Includes - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Tots up - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Does sum work - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Throws into the mix - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Tots - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- Affixes - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Increases - used 13 times, most recently in 2005
- Inserts - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Kicks in - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Attaches - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Combines - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts 2 and 2 together - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Subjoins. - used 12 times, most recently in 2005
- Uses an abacus - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Augments - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts together - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Comments further - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Uses a plus sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Does simple arithmetic - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Does some summing - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes a contribution - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Throws in the mix - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Does arithmetic - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Hits the + key - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Puts with - used 8 times, most recently in 1981
- Utters an afterthought - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Chips in - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Computes. - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
- Counts up - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Sticks in - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Calculates sums - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Chimes in - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Does basic math - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Does some simple math - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes sense, with "up" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Mentions further - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Piles on - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Postfixes - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- __ up (makes sense) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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