Use a rotary phone
The crossword clue "Use a rotary phone" is answered by DIAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DIAL
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Used 28 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DIAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIAL, most used first.
- Clock face - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Rotary phone feature - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Watch face - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
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- Use a letter opener - SLIT, used 32 times
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