Supplement.

The answer

EKE

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 4 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.

• ADDTO (80 uses in xd)
• ADD (20 uses in xd)
• ADDON (20 uses in xd)
• ADDONTO (8 uses in xd)
• ADDENDUM (6 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
• 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
• 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
• Scrape together, with "out" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• 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.

• Supplement - ADD, used 20 times
• Soc. Sec. supplement - IRA, used 9 times
• Health supplement chain - GNC, used 8 times
• Pension supplement, for short - IRA, used 8 times
• X-ray supplement - MRI, used 7 times

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