Is a contender
The crossword clue "Is a contender" is answered by VIES, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VIES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIES answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 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.
- Competes - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
- Contends - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Competes (for) - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Struggles - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Goes head-to-head - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Fights (for) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Contender - VIER, used 15 times
- Still a contender - INIT, used 10 times
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