Picks
The crossword clue "Picks" is answered by ELECTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ELECTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELECTS answer page.
Used 20 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 8 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.
- CHOOSES (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELECTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELECTS, most used first.
- Chooses - used 85 times, most recently in 2025
- Votes in - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Votes into office - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts in office - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts into office - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Opts - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Picks out - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Chooses by ballot - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Gives a seat to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Puts in - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Sends to Washington - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Puts into power - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Sends to the Hill - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Picks up the tab - TREATS, used 25 times
- Picks up - LEARNS, used 20 times
- Picks up on - SENSES, used 12 times
- Picks up - SENSES, used 9 times
- Picks up - RAISES, used 6 times
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