Picks up
The crossword clue "Picks up" is answered by LEARNS, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LEARNS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEARNS answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LEARNS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEARNS, most used first.
- Memorizes - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Finds out - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Commits to memory - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets smart - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Acquires knowledge - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Ascertains - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Gets the hang of - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Picks up the tab - TREATS, used 25 times
- Picks - ELECTS, used 20 times
- Picks up on - SENSES, used 12 times
- Picks out - ELECTS, used 10 times
- Picks up - SENSES, used 9 times
- Picks up - RAISES, used 6 times
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