Works the soil
The crossword clue "Works the soil" is answered by HOES, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOES answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for HOES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOES, most used first.
- Garden tools - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Weeding tools - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Tilling tools - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Weed whackers - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Tackles weeds - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Gardening tools - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Farm implements - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Does garden work - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Works in the garden - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Gardener's tools - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
- Breaks ground - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Garden implements - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Long-handled garden tools - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sod busters - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Weed removers - used 7 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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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