Made a hole
The crossword clue "Made a hole" is answered by DUG, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DUG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUG answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by DUG, most used first.
- Used a shovel - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Excavated - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Used a spade - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Burrowed - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Really liked - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Grooved on - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Was into - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Found groovy - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Liked - 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.
- Hole in one - ACE, used 91 times
- Hole number - PAR, used 88 times
- Hole-punching tool - AWL, used 61 times
- Hole-making tool - AWL, used 60 times
- Watering hole - BAR, used 58 times
- Needle hole - EYE, used 56 times
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