Strive
The crossword clue "Strive" is answered by VIE, a 3-letter entry. Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 6 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 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 6 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.
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
- 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
- Compete (with). - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- 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.
- Strive - TRY, used 18 times
- Strive (for) - AIM, used 7 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.