Like most garage sale items

The answer

USED

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USED answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for USED

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

• Secondhand - used 291 times, most recently in 2026
• Pre-owned - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
• Not new - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Previously owned - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Took advantage of - used 81 times, most recently in 2025
• Employed - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
• Preowned - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• No longer new - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Second-hand - used 34 times, most recently in 2022
• Exploited - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of car - used 25 times, most recently in 2016
• Manipulated - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Not brand new - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Hand-me-down - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Like hand-me-downs - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Played for a sap - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• Put to work - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Worn - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Brought into play - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Not mint - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Played for a sucker - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Drew on - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of bookstore - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Broken in - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Like many eBay items - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Like some cars - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• No longer mint - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Exercised - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Formerly owned - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "New to you" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Put into service - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• From the thrift shop, say - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Like Goodwill goods - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Like thrift shop wares - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Type of car - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Accustomed (to) - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Found a purpose for - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Took for a fool - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Accustomed - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Availed oneself of - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Did something with - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Handled - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Played for a fool - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Pressed into service - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Consumed - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Depleted - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Found a function for - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Not in mint condition - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Opposite of new - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Recycled - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Taken advantage of - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Like ___ of bricks - ATON, used 201 times
• Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
• Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
• Like fine wine - AGED, used 99 times
• Sleep like ___ - ALOG, used 96 times
• Sale condition - ASIS, used 84 times

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