Avail oneself of

The answer

USE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USE answer page.

Used 46 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 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.

• UTILIZE (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for USE

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

• Employ - used 414 times, most recently in 2026
• Take advantage of - used 339 times, most recently in 2026
• Put to work - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
• Work with - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Application - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Manipulate - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ it or lose it" - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ as directed" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Put into service - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring into play - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Wear and tear - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Press into service - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Play for a sap - used 47 times, most recently in 2022
• Draw upon - used 45 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.

• Actress Thurman - UMA, used 409 times
• Swiss canton - URI, used 319 times
• Actress Hagen - UTA, used 254 times
• Web address - URL, used 196 times
• Einstein's birthplace - ULM, used 174 times
• Last (Abbr.) - ULT, used 171 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.