Whets
The crossword clue "Whets" is answered by HONES, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 4 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 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 4 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.
- SHARPENS (3 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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