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HIRE

4 letters - 10 clues in this collection

HIRE is a 4-letter crossword answer with 10 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 907 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

HIRE

HIRE

4Letters
10Clues in collection
907Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for HIRE in this collection

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  • Take on - used 184 times across 59 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Employ - used 149 times across 46 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Bring on board - used 141 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Put on the payroll - used 105 times across 35 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Engage - used 74 times across 43 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Add to the payroll - used 71 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Charter - used 68 times across 38 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Add to the staff - used 58 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Give a job to - used 29 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Take on employees - used 28 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2023

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