Use sandpaper on

The answer

ABRADE

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABRADE answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SMOOTH (4 uses in xd)

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 a pumice stone - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• 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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