Uses a trowel
The crossword clue "Uses a trowel" is answered by DIGS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIGS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIGS answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DIGS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIGS, most used first.
- Uses a shovel - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Pad - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Excavates - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Archaeological sites - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Home, informally - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Uses a spade - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Quarters - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Is into - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Residence, informally - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Uses needle and thread - SEWS, used 36 times
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- Uses a straw - SIPS, used 23 times
- Uses a Singer - SEWS, used 21 times
- Uses oars - ROWS, used 21 times
- Uses a shuttle - TATS, used 18 times
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