Get ready to operate
The crossword clue "Get ready to operate" is answered by PREP, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
PREP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PREP answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 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.
- SCRUBUP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PREP
Every other clue in this collection answered by PREP, most used first.
- Get ready, for short - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Get ready - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of school - used 80 times, most recently in 2022
- Get ready, briefly - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Make ready - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ school - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of school - used 32 times, most recently in 2016
- Get ready for surgery - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Get ready, informally - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Make ready, for short - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Ready for surgery - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
- Get set - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Ready - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Make ready, briefly - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Get ready, casually - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Get ready for the OR - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Get ready (for) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Get ready, as for surgery - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Ready, as for surgery - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Warm-up - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Get ready to cook - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Make ready for surgery - 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.
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
- Get better - HEAL, used 156 times
- Get up - RISE, used 132 times
- Get wind of - HEAR, used 132 times
- Ready, willing, and ___ - ABLE, used 119 times
- Ready for picking - RIPE, used 117 times
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