Sharpen, as skills
The crossword clue "Sharpen, as skills" is answered by HONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 42 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONE answer page.
Used 42 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HONE, most used first.
- Sharpen - used 498 times, most recently in 2026
- Make sharper - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Whet - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
- Give an edge to - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
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