Place, as a bet

The answer

LAY

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAY answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LAY

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

• Put down - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
• Set down - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonclerical - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Place down - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• "Now I ___ me down to sleep ... " - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Deposit - used 27 times, most recently in 2018
• Ballad - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Place - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Not of the cloth - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ of the land - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Minstrel's song - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
• Install, as carpeting - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Get the __ of the land - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Install, as a carpet - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonprofessional - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• __ it on the line - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Secular - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Install, as tile - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Give, as odds - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Non-clerical - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Produce, as an egg - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Song - used 9 times, most recently in 1998
• Frito-__ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Nonexpert - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Not clerical - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Not ordained - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Offer, as odds - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Short poem. - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Wager - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Install, as carpet - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Not in the clergy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Now I ___ me . . ." - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Now I __ me down..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Place, as bricks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Deposit, as an egg - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• __ down the law - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hens do it - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Install, as tiles - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Make eggs - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Produce, as eggs - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Reclined - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Pig's place - STY, used 179 times
• "You bet!" - YES, used 166 times
• Roulette bet - RED, used 150 times
• Place - PUT, used 131 times
• Pupil's place - EYE, used 113 times
• Napkin's place - LAP, used 92 times

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