Tries.
The crossword clue "Tries." is answered by ESSAYS, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ESSAYS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESSAYS answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ESSAYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ESSAYS, most used first.
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- Opinion pieces - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- School papers - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Bacon bits? - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- English class assignments - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Bacon pieces - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- College application parts - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Emerson works - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- English assignments - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Writing assignments - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Think pieces - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Attempts - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Lamb products - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Parts of college applications - used 6 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.
- Tries a bite of - TASTES, used 13 times
- Tries to pick up - HITSON, used 10 times
- Tries to prevent - DETERS, used 10 times
- Tries - HASAGO, used 9 times
- Tries - TASTES, used 8 times
- Tries to bite - NIPSAT, used 7 times
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