Used to possess

The answer

HAD

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HAD answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HAD

Every other clue in this collection answered by HAD, most used first.

• Possessed - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
• Owned - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
• Consumed - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Ate - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Used to own - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffered from - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• "If I __ a Hammer" - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Conned - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Gave birth to - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "I've been ___!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Once owned - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Hornswoggled - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Duped - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Bamboozled - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoodwinked - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Scammed - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "I've ___ it up to here!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Experienced. - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "It ___ to Be You" - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "You ___ one job!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Dined on - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Fooled - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Swindled - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Tricked - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• "You ___ to be there" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Contained - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Came down with - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Rooked - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Taken - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• "Mary __ a little lamb..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Taken in - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• "If I Only ___ a Brain" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Old MacDonald ___ a Farm" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Once possessed - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Taken advantage of - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Was ill with - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Birthed - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Partook of - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "This ___ better be good!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Held - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "I've ___ enough!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "I've ___ it!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Made a fool of - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Made a meal of - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Snookered - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Was in possession of - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "You ___ me at hello" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Used to be - WAS, used 392 times
• Possess - OWN, used 330 times
• Used a chair - SAT, used 90 times
• Used a shovel - DUG, used 49 times
• Used up - ATE, used 41 times
• Used a bench - SAT, used 25 times

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