Sharpens, as skills
The crossword clue "Sharpens, as skills" is answered by HONES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 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
- Perfects - used 18 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
- 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.
- Sharpens - WHETS, used 64 times
- Sharpens. - EDGES, used 7 times
- Improved, as skills - HONED, used 6 times
- Sharpens, as an appetite - WHETS, used 6 times
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