"___ it or lose it"
The crossword clue ""___ it or lose it"" is answered by USE, a 3-letter entry. Used 69 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
USE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USE answer page.
Used 69 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for USE
Every other clue in this collection answered by USE, most used first.
- Employ - used 414 times, most recently in 2026
- Take advantage of - used 339 times, most recently in 2026
- Function - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
- Exploit - used 188 times, most recently in 2026
- Purpose - used 169 times, most recently in 2026
- Put to work - used 148 times, most recently in 2026
- Work with - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Application - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Try out - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Manipulate - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ as directed" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Put into service - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring into play - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Wear and tear - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- "What's the ___?" - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Press into service - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Apply - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Play for a sap - used 47 times, most recently in 2022
- Avail oneself of - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Draw upon - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- "It's no ___!" - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ only as directed" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Find a purpose for - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ the Force, Luke" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Utilize - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Consume - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- "Oh, what's the ___?" - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Put into practice - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Operate - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Call on - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Exercise - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Capitalize on - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Expend - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Put into play - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- __ NO HOOKS - used 28 times, most recently in 2019
- Employment - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Find a job for - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Take unfair advantage of - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Make the most of - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Bring to bear - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Deploy - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Custom - used 22 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Lose firmness - SAG, used 22 times
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