They may be inflated

The answer

EGOS

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

Used 26 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• BEDS (1 uses in xd)
• BICYCLETIRES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for EGOS

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

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• Freudian topics - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Conceits - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Psyche parts - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Parts of psyches - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Personalities - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• "I" problems - used 22 times, most recently in 2025

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