Worry

The answer

SWEAT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SWEAT answer page.

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. 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.

• FRET (252 uses in xd)
• STEW (61 uses in xd)
• EATAT (23 uses in xd)
• CARE (14 uses in xd)
• SWEATIT (13 uses in xd)

Other clues for SWEAT

Every other clue in this collection answered by SWEAT, most used first.

• Perspire - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Perspiration - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Hard work - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Work byproduct - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Hard work, so to speak - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Worry about - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Brow beads - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Don't ___ the small stuff!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Blood, __, and tears - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• It pours from pores - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Nature's coolant - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Workout output - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Worry about, informally - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• "Don't worry" - ITSOK, used 24 times
• Worry - EATAT, used 23 times
• "Not to worry" - ITSOK, used 21 times
• Filer's worry - AUDIT, used 12 times
• Tax cheat's worry - AUDIT, used 9 times
• Worry - ANGST, used 7 times

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