Uses a towel
The crossword clue "Uses a towel" is answered by DRIES, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRIES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRIES answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DRIESOFF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DRIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRIES, most used first.
- Helps with the dishes - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Towels off - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Loses moisture - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Desiccates - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Hangs on a clothesline - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts on the line - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Towel material - TERRY, used 42 times
- Uses a keyboard - TYPES, used 39 times
- Uses a swizzle stick - STIRS, used 35 times
- Towel fabric - TERRY, used 19 times
- Uses a crowbar - PRIES, used 19 times
- Towel off again - REDRY, used 17 times
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