Worked hard
The crossword clue "Worked hard" is answered by STROVE, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STROVE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STROVE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 6 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.
- SLAVED (2 uses in xd)
- TRAVAILED (2 uses in xd)
- MOILED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STROVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by STROVE, most used first.
- Tried hard - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Endeavored - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Made an effort - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Tried mightily - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Contended - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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 find - SCARCE, used 44 times
- Try hard - STRIVE, used 42 times
- Hits hard - SMITES, used 24 times
- Hard - STEELY, used 23 times
- Hard worker - TOILER, used 20 times
- Worked hard - TOILED, used 19 times
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