Answer to "Earns" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MAKES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.

Earns crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer Likelyness Letters
MAKES41 %5
MERITS16 %6
NETS13 %4
TAKESIN6 %7
TAKESHOME6 %9
GROSSES6 %7
RATES3 %5
DESERVES3 %8
GARNERS3 %7
PULLSIN3 %7

Why may MAKES be the right solution?

The word "earns" suggests the act of acquiring or receiving something, typically in exchange for effort or work. The word "makes" can be used in a similar context, indicating the act of producing or achieving something. Therefore, "makes" is a suitable answer for the clue "earns."

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Earns

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.
  • take in
  • bring in
  • gain
  • make
  • realize
  • pull in
  • clear
  • garner
  • achieves
  • acquires
  • affects
  • cautions

Crossword Answer definitions

MAKES noun
  1. Brand or kind; model.
  2. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made); form.
  3. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
  4. A person's character or disposition.
  5. The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
  6. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
  7. A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
  8. Identification or recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
  9. (usually in phrase "easy make") Past, present or future target of seduction (usually female).
  10. A promotion.
  11. A home-made project
  12. Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
  13. A made basket.
  14. The closing of an electrical circuit.
MAKES verb
  1. To create.
  2. To behave, to act.
  3. To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
  4. To constitute.
  5. To add up to, have a sum of.
  6. (construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
  7. (usually stressed) To bring into success.
  8. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
  9. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
  10. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
  11. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
  12. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
  13. (of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
  14. (law enforcement) To recognise, identify, spot.
  15. To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
  16. To proceed (in a direction).
  17. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
  18. To move at (a speed).
  19. To appoint; to name.
  20. To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
  21. To defecate or urinate.
  22. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
  23. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
  24. To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
  25. To enact; to establish.
  26. To develop into; to prove to be.
  27. To form or formulate in the mind.
  28. To perform a feat.
  29. To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
  30. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
  31. To increase; to augment; to accrue.
  32. To be engaged or concerned in.
  33. To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
  34. To take the virginity of.
  35. To have sexual intercourse with.
MAKES noun
  1. Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
MAKES noun
  1. A halfpenny.
MAKES noun
  1. An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

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