Picks up
The crossword clue "Picks up" is answered by HEARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HEARS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEARS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HEARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEARS, most used first.
- Gets wind of - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Listens to - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Learns - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Learns about - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Learns (of) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Uses one of the senses - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Draft picks? - BEERS, used 8 times
- Picks out - CULLS, used 6 times
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