Put an edge on
The crossword clue "Put an edge on" is answered by HONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 34 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONE answer page.
Used 34 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SHARPEN (1 uses in xd)
- STROPPED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HONE, most used first.
- Sharpen - used 498 times, most recently in 2026
- Fine-tune - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Perfect - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Make sharper - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharpen, as skills - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Whet - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
- Give an edge to - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Refine - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Whetstone. - used 30 times, most recently in 2007
- Use a whetstone - used 23 times, most recently in 2011
- Improve, as skills - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Put away - STOW, used 205 times
- Roof edge - EAVE, used 146 times
- Put on the payroll - HIRE, used 105 times
- Put out - EMIT, used 103 times
- "Put ___ on it!" - ALID, used 95 times
- Put down - LAID, used 78 times
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