Use a dish towel

The answer

WIPE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for WIPE

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

• Help with the dishes - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
• Use a sponge - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Moist towelette - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Use a sponge on - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Erase - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Clean (off) - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Squeegee - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Use a napkin on - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Clean with a cloth - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Dry the dishes - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Rub dry - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Use a paper towel - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Towel word - HERS, used 143 times
• Use a swizzle stick - STIR, used 114 times
• Use a keyboard - TYPE, used 113 times
• ___ buco (veal dish) - OSSO, used 90 times
• Petri dish gel - AGAR, used 82 times
• Use scissors - SNIP, used 81 times

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