Consume
The crossword clue "Consume" is answered by USEUP, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
USEUP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USEUP answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for USEUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by USEUP, most used first.
- Deplete - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Exhaust - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Finish off - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Run out of - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Expend - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn through - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Run through - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Consume completely - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Deplete completely - 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.
- Consume - EATUP, used 13 times
- Consume completely - EATUP, used 10 times
- Consume eagerly - EATUP, used 6 times
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