Charitable giving

The answer

ALMS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALMS answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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.

• DONORSHIP (1 uses in xd)
• PHILANTHROPY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALMS

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

• Charity - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
• Charitable donations - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Charitable gift - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• Money for the poor - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Charitable donation - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ for the poor" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Charitable offerings - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Beggar's request - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Charitable gifts - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Some charity - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Donations - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Something for the poor - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Poor box donation - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Charitable offering - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Baksheesh - used 13 times, most recently in 1992
• Charitable contributions - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Money for the needy - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Poor box contents - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Handouts - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Donations for the poor - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Some donations - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Donations to the needy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Poor box donations - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Donations to the poor - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Help for the hapless - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Help for the needy - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Help for the poor - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Charity of a sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Mendicant's request - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Panhandler's income - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Beggar's cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Gifts for the poor - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Poor box contribution - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• "And giving ___, up the chimney..." - ANOD, used 22 times
• "The Giving Tree" author Silverstein - SHEL, used 21 times
• "And giving ___, up the chimney he rose" - ANOD, used 19 times
• Was charitable - GAVE, used 10 times
• Be charitable - GIVE, used 9 times
• Charitable - KIND, used 8 times

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