Put to the test
The crossword clue "Put to the test" is answered by TRIED, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
TRIED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIED answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TRIED
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRIED, most used first.
- Attempted - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Made an attempt - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- True's partner - used 21 times, most recently in 2012
- Gave it a go - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Made an effort - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- True partner - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Had a go at - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- _____ and true - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Took a stab at - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Gave it a shot - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- True companion - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Experimented with - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Took a shot at - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- True's companion - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Endeavored - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Had a taste of - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sampled - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Put up - ERECT, used 263 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
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