Ill-gotten gains
The crossword clue "Ill-gotten gains" is answered by SWAG, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SWAG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SWAG answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SWAG
Every other clue in this collection answered by SWAG, most used first.
- Booty - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Loot - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
- Pirate's booty - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Boodle. - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
- Plunder - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Convention freebies - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Free stuff - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Spoils - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Festoon - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Plunderer's take - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Pirate's plunder - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Stolen goods - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Ill-mannered - RUDE, used 67 times
- Ill temper - BILE, used 60 times
- "What's gotten ___ you?" - INTO, used 51 times
- Ill-gotten gains - LOOT, used 41 times
- Ill humor - BILE, used 40 times
- Ill-gotten gains - PELF, used 39 times
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