Put back into service

The answer

REUSE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REUSE answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. 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

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• REACTIVATE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for REUSE

Every other clue in this collection answered by REUSE, most used first.

• Reduce, ___, recycle - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Find a new purpose for - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Employ again - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Get more out of - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Find another purpose for - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Get extra value from - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Recycle - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Get more mileage out of - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Conserve, in a way - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Be eco-friendly - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Get more mileage from - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Employ anew - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Put up - ERECT, used 263 times
• Make into law - ENACT, used 206 times
• Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
• Vote into office - ELECT, used 176 times
• Put in office - ELECT, used 120 times
• Put off - DEFER, used 99 times

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