Effective use

The answer

AVAIL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVAIL answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for AVAIL

Every other clue in this collection answered by AVAIL, most used first.

• Be of use - used 176 times, most recently in 2026
• Benefit - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Be of use to - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Profit - used 59 times, most recently in 2020
• To no ___ - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Use - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• To no __ (useless) - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• To no ___ (fruitlessly) - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• To no ___ (in vain) - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Advantage - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• "... but to no ___" - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Prove useful - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Be of service to - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Serve the purpose - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
• To no ___ (unsuccessfully) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Help - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• To no ___ (without success) - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Serve - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
• Be useful to - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Make use of - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Prove beneficial - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Be of help - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Be of help to - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Do the trick - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Be of service - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Efficacy - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• To no ___ (uselessly) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Be of benefit - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Prove useful to - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Be helpful to - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• To no ___ (futilely) - used 6 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.

• Use a divining rod - DOWSE, used 105 times
• Use a broom - SWEEP, used 46 times
• Use a loom - WEAVE, used 41 times
• Ready for use - ONTAP, used 38 times
• Use crayons - COLOR, used 38 times
• Use up - SPEND, used 34 times

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