Gives it a shot

The answer

TRIES

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TRIES

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

• Attempts - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Makes an effort - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Samples - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Essays - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Endeavors - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Takes a stab at - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Gives it a go - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Gives it a whirl - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Has a go at - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Makes an attempt - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Takes a taste of - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Efforts - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Takes a shot at - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Has a go - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Shots - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Takes a whack at - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Ventures - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times
• Gives a hoot - CARES, used 62 times
• Gives temporarily - LENDS, used 56 times
• Gives up - CEDES, used 52 times
• Billiards shot - MASSE, used 41 times
• Billiard shot - MASSE, used 34 times

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