Use profanity
The crossword clue "Use profanity" is answered by CUSS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CUSS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CUSS answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 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 CUSS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CUSS, most used first.
- Swear - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Use foul language - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Ornery fellow - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Ornery sort - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk a blue streak? - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Say "!@#$%" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Stubborn" guy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Ornery" guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Ornery one - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Use bad words - 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 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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