The odds are against them

The answer

EVENS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EVENS answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EVENS

Every other clue in this collection answered by EVENS, most used first.

• Makes level - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Levels - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Levels off - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Smooths out - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Makes smooth - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Ties - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• Balances - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
• Equalizes - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Levels out - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Makes uniform - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Smooths - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Half the integers - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Ties up - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Chooser's choice - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Odds alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Balances (out) - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Chooser's call - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Makes equal - used 7 times, most recently in 2021

Related clues

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• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
• Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times

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