Use an ax
The crossword clue "Use an ax" is answered by CHOP, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHOP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHOP answer page.
Used 15 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for CHOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHOP, most used first.
- Karate blow - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Karate move - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Pork serving - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Mince - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Tennis stroke - used 16 times, most recently in 2001
- Blender setting - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Karate stroke - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Hack - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Cut of meat. - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Dojo blow - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Use an axe - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Cut into pieces - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Karate motion - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Hew - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Lamb serving - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Pork cut - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Rough seas feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- ___ suey - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- A little lamb? - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Martial arts move - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Use a hatchet - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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 swizzle stick - STIR, used 114 times
- Use a keyboard - TYPE, used 113 times
- Use scissors - SNIP, used 81 times
- Not in use - IDLE, used 50 times
- Use a letter opener - SLIT, used 32 times
- Use a stopwatch - TIME, used 29 times
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