Barely gets (by)
The crossword clue "Barely gets (by)" is answered by EKES, a 4-letter entry. Used 26 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EKES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EKES answer page.
Used 26 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 9 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.
- SCRAPES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EKES
Every other clue in this collection answered by EKES, most used first.
- Squeezes (out) - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Scratches (out) - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Stretches (out) - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Supplements, with "out" - used 58 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ out a living - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely manages, with "out" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Scrapes (out) - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Barely makes, with "out" - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ out a living (gets by) - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ out (barely manages) - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes do, with "out" - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ out a living (barely gets by) - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ out (barely gets) - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Squeaks (out) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Just manages, with "out" - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ out (barely makes) - 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.
- Gets older - AGES, used 136 times
- Gets hitched - WEDS, used 53 times
- Gets the picture - SEES, used 51 times
- Barely beat - EDGE, used 43 times
- Barely managed, with "out" - EKED, used 43 times
- Gets it wrong - ERRS, used 43 times
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