Take first
The crossword clue "Take first" is answered by WIN, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. 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
WIN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WIN answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by WIN, most used first.
- Victory - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Triumph - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Come out on top - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Finish first - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Take the title - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Carry the day - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Take the gold - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Take the prize - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Come in first - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevail - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Be victorious - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Get the gold - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Emerge victorious - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Take first prize - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Take first place - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Break the tape - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Take home the gold - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Achieve - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Acquire - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Capture - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Come out ahead - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Game aim - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Hit the jackpot - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Succeed - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Take all the marbles - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Take to court - SUE, used 466 times
- Take advantage of - USE, used 339 times
- First lady - EVE, used 190 times
- Take a load off - SIT, used 151 times
- "I'll take that as ___" - ANO, used 144 times
- Went first - LED, used 125 times
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