Deals (out)

The answer

METES

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for METES

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

• Doles (out) - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Parcels (out) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Apportions - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Allots - used 19 times, most recently in 2005
• Allots, with "out" - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Doles - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Apportions, with "out" - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Distributes - used 15 times, most recently in 2008
• Distributes (with "out") - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Portions (out) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ and bounds - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Dishes (out) - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Parcels, with "out" - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Rations (out) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Gives (out) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hands (out) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ out (distributes) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Portions - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Wipe out - ERASE, used 244 times
• Rub out - ERASE, used 217 times
• Leaves out - OMITS, used 205 times
• Parcel out - ALLOT, used 177 times
• Draw out - EDUCE, used 168 times
• Growing out - ENATE, used 159 times

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