Acquire
The crossword clue "Acquire" is answered by GAIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 53 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
GAIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAIN answer page.
Used 53 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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