Scrape together, with "out"

The answer

EKE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EKE answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EKE

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

• ___ out a living - used 426 times, most recently in 2026
• Squeeze (out) - used 214 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratch (out) - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
• Barely manage, with "out" - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrape (out) - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Barely make, with "out" - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Supplement, with "out" - used 69 times, most recently in 2024
• Just manage, with "out" - used 49 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ out a win - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrape (by) - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Stretch (out) - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Just make, with "out" - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ out (barely make) - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• __ out (supplement) - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
• Manage, with "out" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• __ out a living; get by - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• Barely achieve (with "out") - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• ___ out a living (just get by) - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Make do, with "out" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ out (just manage) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Barely make (out) - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Piece out. - used 20 times, most recently in 2007
• Barely get, with "out" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out (barely manage) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratch (out), as a living - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Just get (by) - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratch out a living - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Also: Archaic. - used 16 times, most recently in 1965
• Barely earn, with "out" - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• ___ out a victory - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Make do - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Squeak (out) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Also, old style. - used 13 times, most recently in 1976
• Make (out) - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ out a living (barely get by) - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Squeeze (by) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out an existence - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out (barely get) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out (make do) - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Stretch, with "out" - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Squeeze (out), as a living - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Squeak (by) - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Supplement. - used 9 times, most recently in 2000
• Wring (out) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Barely get by (with "out") - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Barely manage - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Stretch - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Barely get (by) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Get with great effort - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Just get by, with "out" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out a living (barely manage) - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• ___ out a living (barely scrape by) - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Just make (out) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• -- out (scrape by) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Scrape by, with "out" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Squeeze - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Conk out - DIE, used 239 times
• Rent out - LET, used 200 times
• Got together - MET, used 197 times
• With it - HIP, used 149 times
• Just out - NEW, used 146 times
• Put two and two together - ADD, used 138 times

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