Work on jerky

The answer

CHEW

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHEW answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CHEW

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

• Masticate - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Enjoy some gum - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Consider, with "on" - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Prepare to swallow - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Ruminate. - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Enjoy bubble gum - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Meditate (on) - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Munch - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Scold, with "out" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Enjoy, as gum - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Enjoy gum - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Gnaw - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Use the maxilla and mandible - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Get one's teeth into - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Mull (over) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Munch on - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• __ the fat - 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.

• Work units - ERGS, used 256 times
• Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
• Musical work - OPUS, used 110 times
• Puts to work - USES, used 109 times
• Units of work - ERGS, used 100 times
• Work - OPUS, used 81 times

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