Soil loosener

The answer

HOE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HOE

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

• Garden tool - used 220 times, most recently in 2026
• Weeding tool - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
• Weed whacker - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Gardening tool - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Ground breaker - used 54 times, most recently in 2023
• Gardener's tool - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Tilling tool - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Clod chopper - used 31 times, most recently in 2019
• Long-handled garden tool - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Weeder's tool - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Garden implement - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-handled tool - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Soil turner - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Cultivate - used 17 times, most recently in 2009
• Furrow maker - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Groundbreaking tool - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Groundbreaking invention? - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Weed killer - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Break ground - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Tiller's tool - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Bladed tool - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Cultivating tool - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Farming tool - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Weeding need - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Clod buster - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Farm tool - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Groundbreaker - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Manual weed whacker - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Weeding implement - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Ground-breaking tool - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-handled gardening tool - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Soil-turning tool - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Tool. - used 11 times, most recently in 1974
• Weed - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Weed-chopping farm tool - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Farmer's tool - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Farm implement - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Flat-bladed garden tool - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Weed-chopping tool - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Weeder's need - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Work the soil - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Break new ground? - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Ground-breaking garden tool - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Sod buster - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Till - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Tool for tilling - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Weed remover - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Weed-whacking tool - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Agricultural tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Break ground, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Cultivation tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Cultivator - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Dig up dirt? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• It gets ground up - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Row maker - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Tool for weeding - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Weed-attacking tool - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Clear the weeds - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Do garden work - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Earth mover - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Tool for breaking up soil - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Tough row to ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Weed-removing tool - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Work in the garden - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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• Wet soil - MUD, used 8 times

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