___ out (barely makes)

The answer

EKES

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

Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Barely gets (by) - used 26 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

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.

• Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
• Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
• Makes a choice - OPTS, used 264 times
• Try out - TEST, used 242 times
• Send out - EMIT, used 240 times
• Makes a mistake - ERRS, used 219 times

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