They try harder
The crossword clue "They try harder" is answered by AVIS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AVIS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVIS answer page.
Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AVIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AVIS, most used first.
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- Hertz competitor - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
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- Enterprise rival - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- "We try harder" company - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Budget alternative - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Budget rival - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Bird, to Brutus - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Bird: Lat. - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Hertz alternative - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Alamo competitor - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- National competitor - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
- National rival - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Budget competitor - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Dollar alternative - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Car rental company - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Dollar competitor - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Girl's name. - used 15 times, most recently in 1971
- Rival of Hertz - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Alamo alternative - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Big name in car rentals - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Bird of old Rome - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
- Dollar rival - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Rent-a-car option - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Thrifty competitor - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- "We try harder" car rental chain - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Enterprise competitor - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Car rental giant - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Rent-a-car choice - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Rental car company - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Enterprise alternative - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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- Nero's bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
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- Try again - REDO, used 45 times
- Try - TEST, used 44 times
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