Started the pot
The crossword clue "Started the pot" is answered by ANTED, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. 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
ANTED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTED answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1993. 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.
- ANTEED (3 uses in xd)
- ANTEDUP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ANTED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANTED, most used first.
- Chipped in - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
- Fed the kitty - used 47 times, most recently in 2024
- Paid to play - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Paid (up) - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Started a poker pot - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Paid for a hand - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Paid for a poker hand - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Chipped in chips - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Fed the pot - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Paid to play poker - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Started a pot - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Paid for cards - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Chipped in a chip - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Put up - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Put in a stake - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Tossed in a chip - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Added chips to the poker pot - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Got in the game - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Paid, with "up" - 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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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