Sharpen, as skills
The crossword clue "Sharpen, as skills" is answered by HONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 42 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HONE answer page.
Used 42 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HONE, most used first.
- Sharpen - used 498 times, most recently in 2026
- Fine-tune - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Perfect - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Make sharper - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Whet - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
- Give an edge to - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Put an edge on - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Refine - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Whetstone. - used 30 times, most recently in 2007
- Use a whetstone - used 23 times, most recently in 2011
- Improve, as skills - used 21 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.
- Sharpen - WHET, used 155 times
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