Take the odds

The answer

BET

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

Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. 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.

• RISKIT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for BET

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

• Wager - used 391 times, most recently in 2026
• Stake - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• "Wanna ___?" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Track act - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a wager - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Gamble - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Track transaction - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Get into the pool - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Play the ponies - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Put on the line - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Put money (on) - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Place a wager - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Track action - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Casino action - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Take a chance - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Ante matter? - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Exacta, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Vegas action - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Parlay. - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Trifecta, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Poker action - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Risk - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• "Sistas" and "Being Mary Jane" cable channel - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Vegas transaction - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Bookie transaction - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Casino transaction - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Daily double, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Exacta or trifecta - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Put money on it - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Stake money on - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Take odds - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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 past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• Take to court - SUE, used 466 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times

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