Taken
The crossword clue "Taken" is answered by INUSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INUSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INUSE answer page.
Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 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.
- CAPTURED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for INUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by INUSE, most used first.
- Occupied - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
- Not available - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Currently occupied - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Busy - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- Operating - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
- Lavatory sign - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Being employed. - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Not vacant - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Employed - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Occupied, as a lavatory - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Not free - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Unavailable - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Not idle - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Engaged - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Occupied, as a conference room - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Occupied, as a restroom - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Unavailable at the moment - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Currently employed - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Currently unavailable - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Functioning - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Taken ___ (surprised) - ABACK, used 62 times
- One way to be taken - ABACK, used 45 times
- Taken __ (startled) - ABACK, used 23 times
- Taken ___ - ABACK, used 12 times
- Taken ___ (shocked) - ABACK, used 11 times
- Taken wing - FLOWN, used 10 times
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