Was charitable
The crossword clue "Was charitable" is answered by GAVE, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GAVE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAVE answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GAVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by GAVE, most used first.
- Donated - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
- Contributed - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Collapsed - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Yielded - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Was generous - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- "I ___ at the office" - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Made a donation - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Handed over - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Added to the collection plate - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Buckled - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Kicked in - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Was philanthropic - 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.
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- "When I was ___ . . . " - ALAD, used 96 times
- Was aware of - KNEW, used 70 times
- Was in debt - OWED, used 69 times
- Was in the red - OWED, used 68 times
- Charitable donations - ALMS, used 64 times
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