Clues for the word "TRY"
We've had 280 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1492 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on September 20, 2026.
Definition of try
- v. t. - To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.
- v. t. - To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.
- v. t. - To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.
- v. t. - To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.
- v. t. - To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.
- v. t. - To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
- v. t. - To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
- v. t. - To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
- v. t. - To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- v. t. - To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
- v. i. - To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
- v. i. - To do; to fare; as, how do you try!
- n. - A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- n. - Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
- v. t. - Refined; select; excellent; choice.
Referring Clues
- Have a go at
- Tackle
- Go (for)
- Attempt
- Strive
- Word repeated before "again," in a saying
- Go
- Sample
- Crack, so to speak
- Essay
- Aim
- Adjudge
- "Don't give up!"
- Hear
- Assay
- Venture
- Stab
- Word repeated before "again"
- Give it a whirl
- Take a whack at
- Audition, with "out"
- Taste
- An encouraging word
- Tax
- Encouraging word
- Make an effort
- Test
- Take a shot at
- Give it a shot
- Put to the test
- Word often said twice before "again"
- Give it a go
- "___ me!"
- Word of encouragement
- Take a shot
- Take a whack
- Really test
- Determine the innocence or guilt of
- Go for it
- Have a bite of
- "___ a Little Tenderness"
- "You'll never know unless you ___"
- Be taxing
- Bend over backward
- Tax, as one's patience
- "Give it the old college ___"
- "___ to Remember" ("The Fantasticks" classic)
- Stab or shot
- Take a stab
- Endeavor
- Take a stab at
- Effort
- Whirl or crack
- Make the effort
- Crack or shot, but not crack shot
- "Do, or do not. There is no ___." (Yoda)
- Whirl
- Shot
- Word repeated after "If at first you don't succeed"
- "Gonna ___ with a little help from my friends"
- Take a crack at
- Rugby touchdown
- Undertake
- Legally hear
- Put in the dock
- Crack
- Whack
- "___ to Remember" (song from "The Fantasticks")
- "I ___" (2000 Macy Gray hit)
- Adjudicate
- Hear, as a case
- Evaluate by experiencing
- "Old college" effort
- Handle a case, maybe
- Put a strain on
- Judge
- Have a sample of
- The old college ___
- Be plucky
- Take a sample of
- Do a judge's work
- Word said twice before "again"
- "Give it the old college ___"
- "Don't give up!"
- Determine judicially
- "___ To Remember"
- Give one's best shot
- Conduct a trial
- "___ a Little Tenderness"
- Hold in judgment
- Test, as one's patience
- Go for it!
- Give one's all
- "___ to Remember"
- Test, as patience
- "___ a Little Tenderness" (Otis Redding hit)
- Examine judicially
- Strain, as one's patience
- Subject to hardship
- Bring to justice
- "Give it a shot!"
- Synonym for the starts of the answers to starred clues
- Apply oneself
- Make an attempt
- Put before a jury
- "Give it a shot"
- Subject to strain
- Do your darnedest
- The old college ___
- Make a federal case of?
- Do one's best
- Shot-on-goal
- "Do, or do not. There is no ___" (quote from 24-Down)
- Response to "I can't!"
- Old college thing?
- Rugby's equivalent of a touchdown
- Rugby score
- Take a taste of
- Have a taste of
- Give a go
- Give a whirl
- Have a go at it
- Hear legally
- Sip, say
- "Don't ___ this at home!"
- Hear a case
- "___ and stop me!"
- Severely test, as one's patience
- Have a few of
- Test out
- Give (it) a whirl
- Crack or shot
- Take before a judge
- Judge a case
- Word after nice, often
- Crack, whack, or stab
- Do one's darnedest
- Cause headaches for
- Seriously annoy
- Give an effort
- "___ to Remember" ("The Fantasticks" oldie)
- Be a burden to
- "Do, or do not. There is no ___": Yoda
- "Just ___ and stop me!"
- Handle in court, as a case
- Do in court
- Experiment with
- Drag before a jury
- Not give up
- Sit in judgment
- Rugby four-pointer
- Give 100%, say
- Aim (to)
- Take a sip of, perhaps
- Eschew giving up
- Put to trial
- Do one's darndest
- Endeavor (to)
- Preside over, in court
- "Give it a go"
- Stab, so to speak
- Audition (with "out")
- Strive (to)
- Hear on the bench
- Make a valiant effort
- "Don't ___ this at home"
- Participate
- Examine in court
- Give all
- "These are the times that ___ men's souls": Paine
- Five-point rugby play
- Start of advice, often
- Start if advice, often
- ___ on for size
- Give it a ___
- Give it one's all
- "___ the veal"
- "Do or do not--there is no ___"
- Always ___ your best
- Repeated word in '00 Smashing Pumpkins song about an attempt?
- Macy Gray "I ___ to say goodbye and I choke"
- Nelly Furtado song about an attempt?
- Nelly Furtado "Folklore" single
- Can't make it if you don't do this
- Macy Gray "I ___"
- Attempt at fame
- Michael Penn song that makes an attempt?
- Magic Numbers song that takes a whack at it?
- John Mayer Trio '05 live album
- Dad's effort at making pastry?
- See 17
- Poetry without a well-known writer, or an essay
- A shot at goal?
- See if you can irritate
- Seek to provide the railway with a junction
- Shot out of the country!
- Shot the witches out of Coventry!
- Essay about a group of witches from Coventry?
- Go and expel the witches from Coventry
- Do your best
- Have a go
- Essay that won't be pointless
- Attempt - hear (legally)
- "___ this"
- Inconvenience
- Hear court case
- Test score
- Old college ___
- It means a shot at goal
- A shot from the sentry
- Put forth effort
- Bust a gut
- Hear in court
- U-turn from "Give up!"
- Word of effort
- A shot that can lead to a goal
- Hear a lawsuit
- Show spunk
- Push to the limit
- Take a sip of
- Poetry lacking a writer; or, an essay
- A countryman's essay
- Endeavour
- An experiment at Rugby?
- Shot a duck out of the blue
- It can mean a shot at goal
- Severely test
- Put forth the effort
- “Don’t give up!”
- Whirl, so to speak
- Judge in court
- "I'll ___ anything once"
- Put forth an effort
- Bring before a judge
- What even unmotivated judges do
- The score to win by in the cold season
- Put in effort
- "Don't just give up!"
- Put forth a mighty effort
- Fray the nerves of
- Give it your best
- Urger's request
- Undertake something
- Behave testily?
- Handle in court
- Essay or piece of poetry
- Endeavor or attempt
- Rugby equivalent of a touchdown
- Dad's effort at making pastry?
- Give it your best shot
- Make a stab at
- Actually make an attempt
- Refuse to say "I'll pass"
- Put in the effort
- "Nice ___!"
- "This Is Just My Face: ___ Not to Stare": memoir by Gabourey Sidibe
- Put forth an attempt
- Urging for a reluctant person
- Shot, so to speak
- A shot at goal?
- Rugby scoring attempt
- Exert effort
- Oversee, as a case
- "Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you ___!": Dr. Seuss
- Drove the witches out of Coventry
- Give 110%
- Take a bite, say
- "A little effort, please!"
- Essay about a group of witches from Coventry?
- "You'll never know until you ___!"
- "Do it again but better"
- "Do or do not. There is no ___" (6-Down quote)
- Make a serious attempt
- Venture (to)
- Put forth the appropriate effort
- Highest-scoring rugby play
- Give some effort
- ___ out
- Lift a finger, so to speak
- Put your back into it
Last Seen In
- New York Times - September 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - September 16, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - September 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 01, 2026
- Your Life Choices - August 30, 2026
- New York Times - August 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 21, 2026
- Daily Quick - August 21, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - August 14, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - August 11, 2026
- LA Times - August 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 29, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - July 14, 2026
- Daily American - July 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 13, 2026
- LA Times - July 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - July 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 09, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 06, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 30, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 28, 2026
- LA Times - May 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - May 20, 2026
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