Ill-gotten gain
The crossword clue "Ill-gotten gain" is answered by LUCRE, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LUCRE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LUCRE answer page.
Used 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LUCRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LUCRE, most used first.
- "Filthy" money - used 73 times, most recently in 2025
- Ill-gotten gains - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Money - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- "Filthy" dough - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Filthy stuff? - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Monetary gain - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Pelf - used 12 times, most recently in 2001
- Riches - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Filthy ___ (illicit gain) - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Moolah - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- "Filthy" riches - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Ill will - SPITE, used 102 times
- Gotten up - RISEN, used 39 times
- Ill-suited - UNFIT, used 34 times
- Ill-suited - INAPT, used 27 times
- Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship) - DORIA, used 24 times
- Gain access to - GETAT, used 18 times
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