Competes (for)
The crossword clue "Competes (for)" is answered by VIES, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
VIES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIES answer page.
Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for VIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIES, most used first.
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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
- Look for - SEEK, used 172 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.