The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HONE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Put an edge on crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
HONE | 49 % | 4 |
WHET | 24 % | 4 |
HONED | 20 % | 5 |
STROP | 3 % | 5 |
SHARPEN | 2 % | 7 |
STROPPED | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Put an edge on
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sharpen
- hone
- cloisonn
- border
- cant
- hem
- hemming
- hrm
- set
- sharpened
- sharpening
- bind
Crossword Answer definitions
HONE noun- A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
- To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
- To refine or master (a skill).
- To make more acute, intense, or effective.
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- To grumble.
- To pine, lament, or long.
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 HONE
- Perfect
- Use a whetstone
- Fine-tune
- Make perfect
- Perfect, as a skill
- Put an edge on
- Sharpen
- Whet
- Improve with effort
- Apply to an emery wheel
More clues leading to the result WHET
- Hone
- Sharpen
- Stimulate
- Sharpen, as a blade
- Sharpen, as a knife
- Use a strop
- Make keen
- Make keener
- Give an edge to
- Stimulate, as an appetite
More clues leading to the result HONED
- Sharpened
- Put an edge on
- Whetted
- Perfected
- Gave an edge to
- Perfected, as skills
- Put to the grindstone
- Took a strop to
- Made sharper
- Gave an edge
More clues leading to the result STROP
- Barber's sharpener
- Razor sharpener
- Hone
- Shaving kit need
- Barbershop accessory
- Blade sharpener
- Barber shop prop
- Sharpener
- Barber-chair attachment
- Barber's item
More clues leading to the result SHARPEN
- Use a whetstone on
- Put a fresh point on
- Improve, as skills
- Intensify
- Make a point
- Prepare for use, as a pencil
- Give an edge to
- Prepare to use, as a pencil
- Hone
- Make a point.