Excuses
The crossword clue "Excuses" is answered by OUTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OUTS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OUTS answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- PRETEXTS (4 uses in xd)
- LETSOFF (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for OUTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OUTS, most used first.
- Inning enders - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Ins and ___ - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Inning sextet - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Pitcher's goals - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Escape clauses - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- On the __ with; not speaking to - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Ballpark figure - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Double play pair - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Inning count - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Loopholes - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Contract loopholes - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Failed at-bats - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Means of escape - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- There are six in an inning - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Baseball trio - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Double-play duo - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Inning's sextet - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Triple play trio - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Diamond data - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Election losers - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Ins and __ (important details) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- On the ___ (unfriendly) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Like some excuses - LAME, used 38 times
- Poor, as excuses go - LAME, used 24 times
- Poor, as excuses - LAME, used 8 times
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