The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word USES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Manipulates crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| USES | 85 % | 4 |
| RIGS | 10 % | 4 |
| STEERS | 3 % | 6 |
| SHAPES | 3 % | 6 |
Why may USES be the right solution?
The word "uses" can mean to manipulate or handle something in a skillful manner.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Manipulates
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- control
- wangle
- falsify
- fake
- misrepresent
- rig
- cook
- fudge
- treat manually
- handles
- manipulators
- manipulable
Crossword Answer definitions
USES noun- The act of using.
- The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
- Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
- Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
- The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
- To utilize or employ.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
- To behave, act, comport oneself.
- A form of equitable ownership peculiar to English law, by which one person enjoys the profits of lands, etc. whose legal title is vested in another in trust.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result USES
- Applications
- Takes advantage of
- Exploits
- Functions
- Makes the most of
- Partakes of
- Walks all over
- Avails
- Employs
- Manipulates for personal gain
More clues leading to the result RIGS
- "Arranges" a prize fight
- Fixes, as a fight
- Fixes election results
- Sulky and surrey
- Excavates again
- Fixes, as a vote
- Truckers' trucks
- Big haulers
- Fudges the game
- Oil machinery
More clues leading to the result STEERS
- They're on hooves
- Beef on the hoof
- Directs
- Manipulates
- Controls, as an Indy 500 car
- Takes the tiller
- Driven beasts
- Drives
- Navigates
- Takes the wheel