Try to lose weight

The answer

DIET

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DIET

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

• Regimen - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
• Count calories - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Losing proposition? - used 40 times, most recently in 2022
• Food regimen - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Weight-loss plan - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• What you eat - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Food plan - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Slimming plan - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Eating plan - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Eating regimen - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Try to lose - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Losing plan - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Losing scheme - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Daily fare - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Legislative body - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Lose on purpose - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nutritionist's plan - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Cut calories - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Losing strategy - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Meal plan - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese parliament - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Nutritional regimen - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fare - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Losing effort? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Nutrition regimen - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• __ of Worms - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• South Beach, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Assembly - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Many a New Year's resolution - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Weight-loss program - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Losing cause? - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Middle management? - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Practice girth control - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Try to slim down - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Fare reduction - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Go easy on the calories - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Japan's legislature - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Menu plan - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• New Year's resolution, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Reduced fare - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Reducing regimen - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• South Beach, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Try out - TEST, used 242 times
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• Lose it - SNAP, used 122 times
• Weight - HEFT, used 120 times
• Lose color - FADE, used 85 times
• Lose one's footing - SLIP, used 74 times

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