Used crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Used” are HOME, AWAY or LEFT, with 4 letters. Below are 110 answers from 3 to 15 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

OLD 3 letters · adjective

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age “his mother is very old”

HOME 4 letters · adjective

used of your own ground “a home game”

RIGHT 5 letters · adjective

(informal) very; used informally as an intensifier “a right fine day”

PRETTY 6 letters · adjective

(used ironically) unexpectedly bad “a pretty mess”

PERFECT 7 letters · adjective

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers “a perfect idiot”

EMPLOYED 8 letters · adjective

having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary “most of our graduates are employed”

EXPLOITED 9 letters · adjective

(of persons) taken advantage of

SECONDHAND 10 letters · adjective

previously used or owned by another “bought a secondhand (or used) car”

ALTERNATIVE 11 letters · adjective

serving or used in place of another “an alternative plan”

NYMPHOMANIAC 12 letters · adjective

(used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire

INSTRUCTIONAL 13 letters · adjective

of or relating to or used in instruction “instructional aids”

INTERCOLLEGIATE 15 letters · adjective

used of competition between colleges or universities “intercollegiate basketball”

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HOME, AWAY, LEFT, OPEN, LATE and GONE all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: M → HOME · A → AWAY · F → LEFT · E → OPEN · T → LATE · N → GONE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, RIGHT, CLOSE, HEAVY, STOCK, GRAND and FRESH all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: R → RIGHT · C → CLOSE · H → HEAVY · S → STOCK · G → GRAND · F → FRESH. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, OLD, ONE, CUT, HOT, MID and RAW all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: L → OLD · N → ONE · U → CUT · O → HOT · I → MID · A → RAW. Fill in that crossing answer first.

What “used” means

• adjective: employed in accomplishing something (“the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war”)
• adjective: (of persons) taken advantage of (“after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used”)
• adjective: previously used or owned by another (“bought a secondhand (or used) car”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as USED, and words whose definition is USED. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.