Keeps out
The crossword clue "Keeps out" is answered by BARS, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BARS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BARS answer page.
Used 17 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 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.
- EXCLUDES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BARS, most used first.
- Taverns - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Cell feature - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Saloons - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Prohibits - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Watering holes - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Prevents - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Cakes of soap - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Excludes - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Denies access to - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Ingots - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Pubs - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Soap units - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Stars and __ (Confederate flag) - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Xylophone parts - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
- Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
- Send out - EMIT, used 240 times
- Out of control - AMOK, used 212 times
- Dole (out) - METE, used 206 times
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