Establishes
The crossword clue "Establishes" is answered by ERECTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ERECTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERECTS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 5 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.
- INSTATES (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ERECTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ERECTS, most used first.
- Puts up - used 185 times, most recently in 2026
- Builds - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Constructs - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Raises - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Sets up - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
- Puts up, as a building - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts up, as a skyscraper - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Raises, as a building - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Builds up - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Sets upright - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Establishes - SETSUP, used 21 times
- Establishes as law - ENACTS, used 11 times
- Establishes - FOUNDS, used 6 times
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