"I give up!"
The crossword clue ""I give up!"" is answered by UNCLE, a 5-letter entry. Used 74 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
UNCLE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UNCLE answer page.
Used 74 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 20 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.
- ITSNOUSE (11 uses in xd)
- YOUWIN (3 uses in xd)
- ITSHOPELESS (2 uses in xd)
- SIGH (2 uses in xd)
Related clues
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- Give an address - ORATE, used 75 times
- Give the slip - ELUDE, used 60 times
- Give or take - ABOUT, used 51 times
- "Oh, give me ___ . . . " - AHOME, used 49 times
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