Took the cake
The crossword clue "Took the cake" is answered by WON, a 3-letter entry. Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WON
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WON answer page.
Used 16 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WON
Every other clue in this collection answered by WON, most used first.
- Triumphed - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Took the title - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Came out on top - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Was victorious - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Came in first - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevailed - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Took the gold - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Finished first - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Carried the day - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Got the gold - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Took first - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Took first place - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Hit the jackpot - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Took first prize - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Captured - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Took the trophy - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Achieved victory - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Took the prize - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Earned - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Wooed successfully - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Took top honors - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Broke the tape - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Emerged victorious - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Took home the gold - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Took the cup - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Gained - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Korean money - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- South Korean currency - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Took gold - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Took the top prize - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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