___ out (just manages)

The answer

EKES

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 8 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
• ___ out (barely makes) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Just makes, with "out" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Squeaks (by) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• -- out (supplements) - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Scrapes by, with "out" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Pieces out. - used 16 times, most recently in 1997
• ___ out a living (just gets by) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Barely achieves (with "out") - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Barely gets, with "out" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Barely makes (out) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out (makes do) - used 13 times, most recently in 1999
• Barely gets by, with "out" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Just gets by - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Stretches, with "out" - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Just gets by (with "out") - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Manages, with "out" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• ___ out a living (scrapes by) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ out (gets by) - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Barely manages - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Gets by, with "out" - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• ___ out. - used 9 times, most recently in 2002
• Makes do - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• __ out a living (barely manages) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out a living (barely scrapes by) - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• ___ out a living (makes do) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out (scrapes by) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Scrapes (by) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Squeezes (by) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Squeezes (out), as a living - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Stretches - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Barely earns, with "out" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Just makes do (with "out") - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Just makes (out) - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• ___ out a victory (barely wins) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Scrapes together, with "out" - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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
• 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

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