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USE

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

Used 25 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. 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.

• MAXIMIZE (2 uses in xd)
• REUSE (2 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
• Function - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
• Exploit - used 188 times, most recently in 2026
• Purpose - used 169 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
• Try out - used 80 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
• "What's the ___?" - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Press into service - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Apply - used 51 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
• Find a purpose for - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the Force, Luke" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Utilize - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Consume - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Oh, what's the ___?" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Put into practice - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Operate - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Call on - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Exercise - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Capitalize on - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Expend - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Put into play - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• __ NO HOOKS - used 28 times, most recently in 2019
• Employment - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Find a job for - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Take unfair advantage of - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring to bear - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Deploy - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Custom - used 22 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• Make a choice - OPT, used 399 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times

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