Monetary gain

The answer

LUCRE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LUCRE answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. 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

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• PROFIT (4 uses in xd)

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 gain - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• 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
• 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.

• Gain access to - GETAT, used 18 times
• Monetary penalties - FINES, used 17 times
• Gain knowledge - LEARN, used 13 times
• Monetary unit of India - PAISA, used 12 times
• Thai monetary units - BAHTS, used 12 times
• Gain entry - GETIN, used 10 times

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