The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STROP , but the solution may also be HONE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Sharpen, as a blade crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STROP | 40 % | 5 |
| WHET | 40 % | 4 |
| HONE | 20 % | 4 |
Why may HONE be the right solution?
"HONE" is the right answer because to hone a blade means to sharpen or refine it, typically using a whetstone or sharpening tool.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sharpen, as a blade
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Crossword Answer definitions
STROP noun- A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.
- A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)
- A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
- To strap.
- (recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a razor) with a strop.
- To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO.
- A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.
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 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 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