Tries hard
The crossword clue "Tries hard" is answered by STRAINS, a 7-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. 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
STRAINS
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRAINS answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. 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.
- ENDEAVORS (1 uses in xd)
- STRUGGLES (1 uses in xd)
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.
- Hard to pin down - ELUSIVE, used 22 times
- Hard rubber - EBONITE, used 15 times
- Gave a hard time - HASSLED, used 12 times
- Hard to catch - ELUSIVE, used 12 times
- Tries hard - STRIVES, used 11 times
- Hard rock - GRANITE, used 10 times
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