Took a stab at
The crossword clue "Took a stab at" is answered by TRIED, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
TRIED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIED answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 9 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.
- HADAGO (3 uses in xd)
- GUESSED (2 uses in xd)
- LUNGED (2 uses in xd)
- ATTEMPTED (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Put to the test - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Took care of - SAWTO, used 79 times
- Took steps - ACTED, used 62 times
- Took an oath - SWORE, used 50 times
- Took on - HIRED, used 39 times
- Took the wheel - DROVE, used 37 times
- Took a risk - DARED, used 36 times
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