Sharpen
The crossword clue "Sharpen" is answered by HONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 498 times across 75 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 37 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
HONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONE answer page.
Used 498 times across 75 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 37 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- WHET (155 uses in xd)
- REFINE (1 uses in xd)
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