Gets by
The crossword clue "Gets by" is answered by COPES, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COPES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COPES answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for COPES
Every other clue in this collection answered by COPES, most used first.
- Makes do - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Manages somehow - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Deals (with) - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Handles hardship - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Manages - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Deals with adversity - 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.
- Gets closer to - NEARS, used 79 times
- Gets up - RISES, used 70 times
- Gets ready - PREPS, used 42 times
- Gets better - HEALS, used 40 times
- Gets close to - NEARS, used 35 times
- Gets wind of - HEARS, used 32 times
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