Puts to work
The crossword clue "Puts to work" is answered by USES, a 4-letter entry. Used 109 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
USES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USES answer page.
Used 109 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- EMPLOYS (8 uses in xd)
- HIRESON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for USES
Every other clue in this collection answered by USES, most used first.
- Applications - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
- Takes advantage of - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
- Employs - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
- Functions - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- Exploits - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Purposes - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Manipulates - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Calls on - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Avails oneself of - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Utilizes - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- Puts into service - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Finds a purpose for - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Wields - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Plays for a fool - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Exercises - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Brings into play - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Draws upon - 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.
- Work units - ERGS, used 256 times
- Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
- Puts on - DONS, used 125 times
- Musical work - OPUS, used 110 times
- Units of work - ERGS, used 100 times
- Puts two and two together - ADDS, used 91 times
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