Use a pumice stone
The crossword clue "Use a pumice stone" is answered by ABRADE, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ABRADE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABRADE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABRADE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABRADE, most used first.
- Wear away - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Rub the wrong way - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Wear down - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Chafe - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Scrape off - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
- Scrape - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Rub off - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Rub - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Wear roughly - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Use sandpaper on - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Rub down - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Wear by rubbing - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- Use mouthwash - GARGLE, used 23 times
- Is of use - AVAILS, used 22 times
- Use for support - LEANON, used 22 times
- Is of use to - AVAILS, used 16 times
- Use up - EXPEND, used 15 times
- Use - EMPLOY, used 14 times
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