The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DUG which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2017.
Used a spade crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DUG | 89 % | 3 |
| SHOVELED | 11 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Used a spade
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- call
- cat
- dig
- handle
- renamed
- shovel
- spades
- spot
- spots
- spotting
- tool
- bogart
Crossword Answer definitions
DUG verb- To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
- To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- To thrust; to poke.
- To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
- To understand or show interest in.
- To appreciate, or like.
- (chiefly in the plural) A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts.
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 DUG
- Liked, in the 60's
- Used a shovel
- Grooved on
- Made a hole
- Got into
- Really got into
- Excavated
- Appreciated
- Made like a marmot
- Did archaeological work