They have their ups and downs

The answer

YOYOS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YOYOS answer page.

Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 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.

• SEESAWS (12 uses in xd)
• ELEVATORS (2 uses in xd)
• HILLS (1 uses in xd)
• KANGAROOS (1 uses in xd)
• ROLLERCOASTERS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for YOYOS

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

• Toys on strings - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Fluctuates - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Fluctuates wildly - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Vacillates - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Goes up and down - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Toys with strings - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• They come with strings attached - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Toys that go around the world - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Toys that have their ups and downs - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Walk the dog" toys - 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.

• Up and about - ASTIR, used 274 times
• On the up and up - LEGIT, used 124 times
• Out-and-out - UTTER, used 117 times
• Has to have - NEEDS, used 111 times
• Have a feeling - SENSE, used 100 times
• "Pomp and Circumstance" composer - ELGAR, used 99 times

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