Finely sharpened
The crossword clue "Finely sharpened" is answered by KEEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. 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
KEEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEEN answer page.
Used 13 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for KEEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEEN, most used first.
- Sharp - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- Acute - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Enthusiastic - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Eager - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Peachy ___ - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Razor-sharp - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Astute - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp as a tack - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Quick-witted - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Perceptive - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp-witted - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Penetrating - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharp-edged - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Wail - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Piercing - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Well-honed - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Cutting - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Sharp, as vision - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Avid - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Finely honed - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Like an eagle's vision - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Very perceptive - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharp, as eyesight - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Intellectually acute - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Discerning - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Insightful - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- "Neato!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Champing at the bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Gung-ho - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Incisive - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Mentally acute - 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.
- Chop finely - DICE, used 7 times
- Chop finely - HASH, used 7 times
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