The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EKEOUT , but the solution may also be SCRAPE BY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Barely manage crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EKEOUT | 53 % | 6 |
| EKE | 24 % | 3 |
| EKEBY | 12 % | 5 |
| SCRAPE BY | 6 % | 9 |
| SCRAPEBY | 6 % | 8 |
Why may SCRAPEBY be the right solution?
"Scrape by" is an idiomatic expression that means to barely manage to live or to make ends meet. It fits perfectly with the clue "barely manage," making it the right solution.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Barely manage
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- eke out
- scrape by
- get by
- stick up
- stand
- make it
- stand for
- stand out
- manage
- come through
- stand to
- stand up
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EKEOUT
- Barely make do
- Supplement
- Barely make
- Scrape by
- ___ a living (just get by)
- ___ a living
- Barely make, as a living
- Make laboriously, as a living
- Barely maintain
- Barely manage
More clues leading to the result EKE
- Barely make do
- Manage, with "out"
- Scratch (out)
- Squeeze (out)
- __ out a living
- Barely manage
- Get with great effort
- Make do
- Scratch out a living
- Supplements (with out)
More clues leading to the result EKEBY
- Barely beat, in sports
- Defeat at the last minute
- Barely make it
- Barely manage
- Just make it
- Just barely manage
- Just manage
- Barely squeeze out
- Beat, just barely, in sports headlines