___ out (barely manages)
The crossword clue "___ out (barely manages)" is answered by EKES, a 4-letter entry. Used 29 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EKES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EKES answer page.
Used 29 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 11 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
- 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 a living (barely gets by) - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ out (barely gets) - used 27 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.
- Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
- Send out - EMIT, used 240 times
- Out of control - AMOK, used 212 times
- Dole (out) - METE, used 206 times
- Out of the wind - ALEE, used 179 times
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