Use a whetstone

The answer

HONE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONE answer page.

Used 23 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1981. 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.

• GRIND (2 uses in xd)
• SHARPEN (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
• Put an edge on - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Refine - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Whetstone. - used 30 times, most recently in 2007
• 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.

• Use a swizzle stick - STIR, used 114 times
• Use a keyboard - TYPE, used 113 times
• Use scissors - SNIP, used 81 times
• Not in use - IDLE, used 50 times
• Use a letter opener - SLIT, used 32 times
• Use a stopwatch - TIME, used 29 times

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