Dig like a pig
The crossword clue "Dig like a pig" is answered by ROOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ROOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROOT answer page.
Used 31 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 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.
- ROOTLE (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for ROOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROOT, most used first.
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