Puts into play

The answer

USES

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

Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Exploits - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
• Puts to work - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Purposes - used 73 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
• Plays for a fool - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Exercises - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Brings into play - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Draws on - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Draws upon - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Works with - used 21 times, most recently in 2015
• Applies - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Makes a patsy of - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
• Does drugs - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Capitalizes on - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Takes unfair advantage of - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Partakes of - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Takes off the shelf - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Versatility list - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Plays for a sap - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Consumes - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Doesn't waste - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Expends - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Depletes, with "up" - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• A Swiss Army knife has many - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Puts into practice - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Finds a function for - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Handles - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Operates - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Plays for a sucker - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• A Swiss army knife has lots of them - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Practices - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Presses into service - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Swiss Army knife's many - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Various functions - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Aspirin has several - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Plays for a pawn - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Practical applications - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Swiss Army knife's array - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Deploys - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Doesn't discard - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Walks all over - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "... with 1,001 ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Pay to play - ANTE, used 214 times
• Part to play - ROLE, used 149 times
• Play parts - ACTS, used 131 times
• Puts on - DONS, used 125 times
• Play opener - ACTI, used 120 times
• Play group - CAST, used 109 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.