___ in handy (be useful)

The answer

COME

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COME answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for COME

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

• Arrive - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Show up - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• "O __, All Ye Faithful" - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• "Follow me" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Tag along - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Approach - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Invitation word - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Dog command - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Appear. - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Attend - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Command to a canine - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Inviting word - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ as you are" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Attend a party - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Beckoning word - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Command to Rover - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Make an appearance - 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.

• Handy bag - TOTE, used 31 times
• Handy Latin abbr. - ETAL, used 11 times
• Useful Latin abbr. - ETAL, used 10 times
• Handy - DEFT, used 9 times
• Handy abbr. - ETAL, used 7 times
• Useful Latin abbreviation. - ETAL, used 7 times

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