Distributed the cards
The crossword clue "Distributed the cards" is answered by DEALT, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEALT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEALT answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DEALT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEALT, most used first.
- Passed out - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Gave a hand - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Passed out cards - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Distributed - used 32 times, most recently in 2019
- Handed out cards - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Handed out - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Handed out hands - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Distributed cards - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Coped (with) - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Traded - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Coped - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Gave out cards - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Apportioned - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Gave everyone a hand - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Gave out - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Gave out hands - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Started a hand - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Distributed, as cards - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Distributed the deck - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Administered - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Did business (with) - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Gave out the cards - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Handed out playing cards - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
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