Crossword clues - Answer
USES
USES is a 4-letter crossword answer with 18 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 1,420 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
USES
USES
4Letters
18Clues in collection
1,420Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for USES in this collection
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- Applications - used 205 times across 51 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Takes advantage of - used 193 times across 42 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Employs - used 179 times across 54 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Functions - used 149 times across 52 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Exploits - used 140 times across 42 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Puts to work - used 109 times across 32 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Purposes - used 73 times across 38 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Manipulates - used 53 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Calls on - used 49 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Avails oneself of - used 39 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Utilizes - used 37 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Puts into service - used 36 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Finds a purpose for - used 34 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Wields - used 31 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Plays for a fool - used 27 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Exercises - used 23 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Brings into play - used 22 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Draws upon - used 21 times across 11 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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