Works for
The crossword clue "Works for" is answered by EARNS, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. 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
EARNS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EARNS answer page.
Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EARNS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EARNS, most used first.
- Merits - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Brings in - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Deserves - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Brings home - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Pulls down - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes money - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes home - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes, as a salary - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Brings in, as a salary - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Brings home the bacon - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Comes by honestly - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Works hard for - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes, as money - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Has coming - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Takes in - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Acquires - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
- Is a breadwinner - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Pulls in - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Nets - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Rakes in - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Becomes worthy of - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Is worthy of - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Pulls down, so to speak - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Qualifies for - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Realizes - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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