Strikes (out)
The crossword clue "Strikes (out)" is answered by XES, a 3-letter entry. Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
XES
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the XES answer page.
Used 20 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 8 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.
- CROSSES (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for XES
Every other clue in this collection answered by XES, most used first.
- Crosses (out) - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballot marks - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballot markings - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Marks a ballot - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Tic-tac-toe symbols - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Marks, as a ballot - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Cancels, with "out" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Marks a ballot, maybe - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Marks (out) - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Deletes, with "out" - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Makes one's mark? - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Simple signatures - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Some signatures - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Spot markers - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Cancels (out) - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Kisses, symbolically - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- ___ out a living - EKE, used 426 times
- Conk out - DIE, used 239 times
- Squeeze (out) - EKE, used 214 times
- Rent out - LET, used 200 times
- Just out - NEW, used 146 times
- Scratch (out) - EKE, used 125 times
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