___ out.

The answer

EKES

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

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 2 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.

• YER (66 uses in xd)
• NOTIN (51 uses in xd)
• ASLEEP (41 uses in xd)
• PASSE (37 uses in xd)
• ALIBI (36 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
• 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 (just manages) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• 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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