Compete (with).
The crossword clue "Compete (with)." is answered by VIE, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VIE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIE answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for VIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIE, most used first.
- Compete - used 486 times, most recently in 2026
- Contend - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
- Compete (for) - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- "C'est la ___!" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Go head-to-head - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Be a contender - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Struggle - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Contend (for) - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Fight (for) - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Go (for) - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Strive - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
- Go toe-to-toe - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Contest - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Join the competition - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Go for the gold - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Strive for superiority - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Battle (for) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Be in the running - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Strive (for) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Be competitive - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Engage in rivalry - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Lock horns - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Nice life - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Try (for) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Battle - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Be a competitor - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Contend for superiority - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- "Eau de __" (brandy) - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Life, in Lyon - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- With it - HIP, used 149 times
- Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
- Work with - USE, used 117 times
- Prefix with natal - NEO, used 100 times
- Go out with - SEE, used 98 times
- Barely manage, with "out" - EKE, used 90 times
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