Plays for a fool

The answer

USES

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

Used 27 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 15 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.

• DUPES (2 uses in xd)
• LEADSON (1 uses in xd)
• SNOOKERS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for USES

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

• Applications - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
• Takes advantage of - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
• Employs - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Functions - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Puts to work - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Manipulates - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Calls on - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Avails oneself of - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Utilizes - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Puts into service - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Finds a purpose for - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Wields - used 31 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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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