Clues for the word "WIN"
We've had 208 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 614 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on January 19, 2026.
Definition of win
- a. - To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country.
- a. - To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
- a. - To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
- a. - To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
- a. - To extract, as ore or coal.
- v. i. - To gain the victory; to be successful; to triumph; to prevail.
Referring Clues
- Standings stat
- Carry the day
- Take the gold
- Pitching credit
- Game aim
- Get one's points across?
- Acquire
- Convert, with "over"
- Victory
- Prevail
- Sports stat
- Get a blue ribbon
- Take the cake
- Get the blue ribbon
- Take home
- Something in the plus column
- Sports page statistic
- Get the gold
- Come out on top
- Sports datum
- Stat for a starter
- One in column A?
- One in the plus column
- Take home a trophy
- Best people
- Beat the field
- Finish first
- Come out ahead
- Take home the gold
- Team's goal
- Get five in a row, in bingo
- Team stat
- Hit the jackpot
- Become champ
- Not settle for a place?
- Finish on top
- Woo successfully
- Finish in front
- Walk away with
- Take the pennant
- When repeated, advantageous to both sides
- Record improver
- Successfully woo
- Triumph
- Court successfully
- Pitcher's success
- Capture
- Persuade, with "over"
- "W" in the standings
- Come in first
- Pitcher's statistic
- Place first
- Pick up
- Overcome adversity
- Record-book entry
- Secure
- Get the gold medal
- Beat all
- Place above place
- "... ___ one for the Gipper"
- Be victorious
- Starting pitcher's goal
- Take all the marbles
- Best the rest
- Come out on the long end
- Have the best time, say
- Take first place
- Take first
- One getting a bouquet?
- Lose or draw alternative
- End up ahead
- Success
- Beat the house
- Place before place
- ___, lose or draw
- Take the pot
- Collect from a casino
- Take the pot
- Hit the big one
- Take the title
- Player's hope
- What the Gipper wanted
- Part of "ftw"
- Take the prize
- Take the cup
- Take top honors
- Take the trophy
- Attain
- Break the tape
- Gain, as consent
- Be lucky in the lottery
- Best in a game
- Entry
- Triumphed
- Take home the trophy
- ___ big
- Carry off
- Connect four in Connect Four, say
- One in a sports page column
- "Minute to ___ it"
- Be the victor
- Good part of a record
- Best the field
- Get the most points across?
- Gain
- Parimutuel bet
- Come in first place
- Fail at losing
- Become the champ
- Secure with effort
- Finish in first place
- Earn the gold medal
- When repeated, mutually advantageous
- Sports statistic
- Preferred outcome
- Score a triumph
- Taste victory
- Finish at #1
- Achieve victory
- Maiden's lack
- Bring home the gold
- Best
- Succeed
- Gain victory
- Opposite of lose
- Fail to lose
- Be successful in swindle
- Be successful for first half of season
- Not lose
- Earn a title
- "Young Americans" song Bowie didn't want to lose?
- '80s Scots that wanted victory?
- All DJ Khaled does is this
- Brian McKnight song he didn't want to lose?
- Pole going to the West Indies to find success
- The thing to do in Olympic rowing
- Get the girl?
- Points out one success
- Be the champ
- Ace's objective
- Hit the lottery
- Gain a bit of a following
- Finish up in the casino
- Convince (with "over")
- Take the gold medal
- Successfully romance
- What losers don't do
- Success in winemaking
- Score more points than your opponent
- Top the field
- Take the laurels
- Something credited to a pitcher
- Success in rowing
- Starter's goal
- Get gold from one's lead?
- Take the blue ribbon
- The "1" in 1-9
- Edge out
- Beat everyone
- Collect your blue ribbon
- Provide a defeat
- Outdo all
- Component of a sweep, maybe
- Take the palm
- Succeed in competition
- Earn a blue ribbon
- Achieve
- Team objective
- "___ some, lose some"
- Finish in first
- ___, place or show
- Emerge victorious
- Get the Oscar
- Racetrack wager
- Ways to tour India with success
- Record booster
- Earn the first-place prize
- Get the girl?
- Get the lowest score, in golf
- Finish first in a race
- Pitching stat
- Get first place
- The 1, in 1-0
- Cross the finish line first
- What "W" may mean
- Score more than the other team
- Connect four in the game Connect Four, e.g.
- Earn the most votes, say
- Morale booster
- Do well in sewing
- Take first prize
- When doubled, like a good situation
- Don't lose
- Take the pot, in poker
- Seize victory
- "Blaine for the ___" (queer YA novel by Robbie Couch)
- What a sports fan might call a "dub"
- End up ahead of the other team
- End of a sports movie, often
- Get 21 in blackjack, say
- Say "Bingo," say
- Gain a victory
- Bid the most, say
- Beat your friend at Mario Kart
- Get to 21 first in cornhole, e.g.
- Don't point out a success!
- Score 11 points in pickleball, perhaps
- Checkmate in chess or gin in gin rummy
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - January 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 13, 2026
- LA Times - January 13, 2026
- New York Times - January 13, 2026
- LA Times - January 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 01, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - December 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 29, 2025
- LA Times - September 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - August 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 13, 2025
- LA Times - August 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 28, 2025
- LA Times - May 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 08, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 01, 2025
- USA Today - February 28, 2025
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