Perfects
The crossword clue "Perfects" is answered by HONES, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HONES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONES answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HONES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HONES, most used first.
- Sharpens - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Fine-tunes - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Puts an edge on - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Makes keener - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Whets - used 9 times, most recently in 2002
- Whetstones. - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
- Sharpens, as skills - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes sharper - used 6 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.
- Therefore - HENCE, used 244 times
- Must - HASTO, used 200 times
- Vietnam's capital - HANOI, used 168 times
- Capital of Vietnam - HANOI, used 167 times
- Asian capital - HANOI, used 140 times
- Wore - HADON, used 134 times
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