A verb for you

The answer

ARE

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

Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ARE

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

• Exist - used 858 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ we there yet?" - used 251 times, most recently in 2026
• Common verb - used 198 times, most recently in 2025
• Verb for you - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ here" - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ we having fun yet?" - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you serious?" - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ you kidding?" - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• "Chances ___" - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• "Roses -- red" - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Live - used 85 times, most recently in 2022
• Live and breathe - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• "Right you --!" - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you for real?" - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• "All bets ___ off" - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• "What ___ the odds?" - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• "My lips ___ sealed" - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• "We ___ the World" - used 72 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ you kidding me?" - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you sure?" - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• 100 square meters - used 59 times, most recently in 2019
• "You ___ My Sunshine" - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Is for two? - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Modern art? - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Is for you? - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ you nuts?" - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Equal - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "All the Things You ___" - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• "You __ what you eat" - used 41 times, most recently in 2023
• Metric measure - used 40 times, most recently in 2014
• Consist of - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Land measure - used 35 times, most recently in 2021
• "__ You Lonesome Tonight?" - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• "You ___ There" - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Have being - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Is for more than one? - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• "Odds ___ . . ." - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you listening?" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ready when you __" - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "Where the Wild Things ___" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Auxiliary verb. - used 30 times, most recently in 2004
• Is for many? - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "Rules ___ rules" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "How ___ you?" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Blessed ___ the meek" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• It may follow you - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• It often follows you - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ we done here?" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "We ___ not amused" - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "Butterflies ___ Free" - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
• "We ___ Family" (Sister Sledge song) - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Were now? - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Add up to - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of "to be" - used 20 times, most recently in 2013
• Form of "to be" - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• Have existence - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "We ___ the Champions" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• "Where the Boys ___" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Have life - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• "We ___ Family" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ we good?" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ you ready?" - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Is pluralized - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "There you ___!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Amount to - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Beatitudes verb - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• Continue to be. - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Diamonds ___ Forever" - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• "Just the Way You ___" - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ you with me?" - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Diamonds __ Forever"; 007 film - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Don't just seem - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Really exist - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Where ___ we?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Where -- you?" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "You ___ So Beautiful" - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "Come as you ___" - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• English 101 verb - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Is plural? - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Portray - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Verb that sounds like a letter - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Who ___ you kidding?" - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Have a life - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "What -- you doing?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• A word with you - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• "Chances ___" (Johnny Mathis hit) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Equals - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "... how I wonder what you ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Is doubled? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Lionel Richie's "You ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Metric unit - used 12 times, most recently in 1994
• "Who do you think you ___?" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Chances ___," Mathis hit - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Comprise - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• It may come after you - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Violets-blue connector - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ we alone?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "We Three Kings of Orient ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• "What ___ you saying?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ you happy now?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ you out of your mind?" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "And yet here we ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "And you __?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Facts __ facts" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "We __ not alone" - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• "You ___" (Lionel Richie hit) - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "___ You There God? It's Me, Margaret" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Art, today - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Have reality. - used 9 times, most recently in 1967
• "How ___ things?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Last word of Shelley's "Adonais" - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• "Men _____ From Mars ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Occur. - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Take up space - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "Violets __ blue..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "What ___ the chances?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Who ___ you?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "__ you joking?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "All men ___ created equal" - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "Chances __" (Mathis tune) - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Contemporary art - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Exists - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Is after you? - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Is for many people? - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Plural "is" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Sendak's "Where the Wild Things ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Subsist - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• "There ___ no words" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ you okay?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cost - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Diamonds ___ Forever" (Bond film) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Exist en masse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "How ___ you doing?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Is for a group? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Is relative? - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• It might follow you - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• One hundred square meters - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Plural of is - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Remain. - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
• "Some ___ born great . . ." - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Take place - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• "The best things in life ___ free" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• What "will be" will be - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Chances ___" (Johnny Mathis song) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Come-as-you-___ party - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Ear anagram - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Equal, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Everyday verb - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Happen. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Happy Days ___ Here Again" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Have the role of - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Is for a few - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Is for all? - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Is for them - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Is multiplied? - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• It might come after you - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Metric land measure - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• "r," in texts - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "So there you ___!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Texter's "r" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "That's What Friends __ For" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• "These ___ the times ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Trix ___ for kids!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• We might come before it - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "What ___ friends for?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• What may follow you - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "What ___ you up to?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Where ___ you going?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Who ___ we kidding?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "You ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• "-- you awake?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ you finished?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "-- you sleeping?" - 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.

• For each - PER, used 391 times
• "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
• Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• "You bet!" - YES, used 166 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times

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