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USE

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

Used 37 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Avail oneself of - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Draw upon - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• "It's no ___!" - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ only as directed" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the Force, Luke" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Utilize - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• "Oh, what's the ___?" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Capitalize on - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Put into play - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• __ NO HOOKS - used 28 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• For each - PER, used 391 times
• Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
• Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
• Mine find - ORE, used 173 times
• "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
• Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times

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