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 LA Times in 2024.
Used an excavator crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DUG | 100 % | 3 |
Why may DUG be the right solution?
The answer "DUG" fits the clue "Used an excavator" because "DUG" is the past tense of the verb "dig," which is what you do when you use an excavator to remove soil or other materials.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Used an excavator
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- digger
- adit
- grab
- leakey
- builder
- collector
- dredge
- excavation
- explorer
- shovel
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.
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