Had in one's hands
The crossword clue "Had in one's hands" is answered by HELD, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HELD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HELD answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HELD
Every other clue in this collection answered by HELD, most used first.
- Maintained - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- Grasped - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Contained - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Clutched - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Retained - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Detained - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
- Clasped - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Embraced - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Occupied - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Believed - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Didn't draw a card - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Gripped - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Kept in custody - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Didn't give way - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Grasped in one's hand - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- In custody - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Didn't collapse - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Kept - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Cradled - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Had in hand - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Had in your hand - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Maintained, as an opinion - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Had on - WORE, used 252 times
- ___ one's time (wait) - BIDE, used 89 times
- Lose one's footing - SLIP, used 74 times
- Toot one's own horn - BRAG, used 65 times
- Twiddling one's thumbs - IDLE, used 63 times
- "This one's ___" - ONME, used 59 times
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