Stretch (out)
The crossword clue "Stretch (out)" is answered by EKE, a 3-letter entry. Used 34 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EKE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EKE answer page.
Used 34 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 13 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.
- EXTEND (10 uses in xd)
- DISTEND (5 uses in xd)
- LENGTHEN (5 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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
- Just out - NEW, used 146 times
- Crossed (out) - XED, used 120 times
- Stick (out) - JUT, used 116 times
- "... ___ he drove out of sight" - ERE, used 114 times
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