"__ in the Money"

The answer

WERE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WERE answer page.

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 5 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.

• RICH (11 uses in xd)
• WELLTODO (4 uses in xd)
• AFFLUENT (1 uses in xd)
• HEELED (1 uses in xd)
• LOADED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for WERE

Every other clue in this collection answered by WERE, most used first.

• Used to be - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
• Existed - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Way We ___" - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• "Wish you __ here" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "As you ___" - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• "__ Off to See the Wizard" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "Those ___ the Days" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ #1!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
• "What ___ you thinking?" - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• "If I ___ you ..." - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Had been - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ number one!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
• As it ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• "Now, where ___ we?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ off to see..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
• Are in the past? - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ all in this together" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Common verb - used 9 times, most recently in 1976
• Lived - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• "Now ___ talking!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Milne's "When We ___ Very Young" - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Where __ you?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• "You __ saying?" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "As you ___" (military command) - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• "If I ___ a Carpenter" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "If I ___ a Rich Man" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "If I ___ King." - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• No longer are - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Once existed - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Was for several people? - 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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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