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"won" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often victorious (10 letters).
Definitions
Was victorious; also a Korean currency unit.
Word origin
From Old English wunian, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Dutch wonen, German wohnen.
Used in a sentence
“I long'd to leave this wand'ring pilgrimage, / And in my native soil again to won.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Korean currency”3 letters
02“Currency of North Korea”3 letters
03“Currency of South Korea”3 letters
04“Claimed first place”3 letters
05“Prevailed”3 letters
06“Took first place”3 letters
07“Was victorious”3 letters
08“Achieved victory”3 letters
09“Emerged victorious”3 letters
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