Ventures
The crossword clue "Ventures" is answered by TRIES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRIES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIES answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- Gives it a shot - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- 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
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.
- Ventures - DARES, used 22 times
- Losing ventures? - DIETS, used 6 times
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