Puts to work
The crossword clue "Puts to work" is answered by USES, a 4-letter entry. Used 109 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
USES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USES answer page.
Used 109 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- EMPLOYS (8 uses in xd)
- HIRES (6 uses in xd)
- HIRESON (1 uses in xd)
- STARTS (1 uses in xd)
- UPTO (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for USES
Every other clue in this pilot 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
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Work units - ERGS, used 256 times
- Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
- Musical work - OPUS, used 110 times
- Puts two and two together - ADDS, used 91 times
- Major work - OPUS, used 79 times
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