What fans do
The crossword clue "What fans do" is answered by ROOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROOT answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 2 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.
Other clues for ROOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROOT, most used first.
- Cheer (for) - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Source - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Tooth part - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Cheer - used 49 times, most recently in 2021
- Origin - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- Underground plant part - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Plant part - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Underlying cause - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Dig like a pig - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Plant anchor - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Underground part of a plant - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Plant's anchor - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Ultimate cause - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Carrot, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Show team spirit - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Essential part. - used 11 times, most recently in 2001
- Kind of beer - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- ____ canal - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Basis - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Botanical anchor - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Carrot or turnip - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Part of an underground network? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Pull for - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Tooth anchor - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Carrot or parsnip - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Carrot or radish - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Cheer for a team - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Tree anchor - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Radish, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Square __ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Underground supporter - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- __ canal; dental procedure - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Horseradish source - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Part of a plant - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Part of a tooth - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Plant's underground part - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Repeated word in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Underground growth - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Word with canal or beer - 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.
- "What ___ is new?" - ELSE, used 224 times
- "So what ___ is new?" - ELSE, used 221 times
- "What ___ can I say?" - ELSE, used 116 times
- "Look what I did!" - TADA, used 103 times
- "What are the ___?" - ODDS, used 66 times
- "What a shame!" - ALAS, used 63 times
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