Gets nosy
The crossword clue "Gets nosy" is answered by PRIES, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PRIES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PRIES answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PRIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by PRIES, most used first.
- Uses a crowbar - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoops - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Jimmies - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Uses a lever - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Asks too many questions - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Is nosy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Sticks one's nose in - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Uses a jimmy - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Gets closer to - NEARS, used 79 times
- Gets up - RISES, used 70 times
- Gets ready - PREPS, used 42 times
- Be nosy - SNOOP, used 41 times
- Gets better - HEALS, used 40 times
- Gets close to - NEARS, used 35 times
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