Came by
The crossword clue "Came by" is answered by GOT, a 3-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1942. 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
GOT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GOT answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 7 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.
- OBTAINED (3 uses in xd)
- SECURED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by GOT, most used first.
- Obtained - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
- Understood - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- Acquired - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Received - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Figured out - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Came down with - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
- Comprehended - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Procured - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Caught - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Fooled - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Inherited - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Secured - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Grasped - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Understood, as a punch line - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
- Caught on to - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Picked up - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Tricked - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Prepared. - used 11 times, most recently in 1987
- "I ___ Rhythm" - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- "I've ____ a Secret" - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Understood, as a joke - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Contracted - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ milk?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Fetched - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "I ___ You Babe" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Grokked - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Landed - 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.
- Came out on top - WON, used 53 times
- Came across - MET, used 45 times
- Came in first - WON, used 37 times
- Came together - MET, used 29 times
- Came upon - MET, used 29 times
- "Which came first?" option - EGG, used 14 times
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