Put forth, as effort
The crossword clue "Put forth, as effort" is answered by EXERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 54 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EXERT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXERT answer page.
Used 54 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EXERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXERT, most used first.
- Bring to bear - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Put forth - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Apply, as pressure - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Wield - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
- Wield, as influence - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Put forth effort - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Put into action - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Apply - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Put to use - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Wield, as power - used 22 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.
- Put up - ERECT, used 263 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Put in office - ELECT, used 120 times
- Put off - DEFER, used 99 times
- Put into law - ENACT, used 97 times
- Put back to zero - RESET, used 85 times
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