The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPENDS , but the solution may also be EATS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Uses up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPENDS | 48 % | 6 |
| EATS | 20 % | 4 |
| DEPLETES | 8 % | 8 |
| SAPS | 4 % | 4 |
| WEARS | 4 % | 5 |
| EXPENDS | 4 % | 7 |
| DRAINS | 4 % | 6 |
| WASTES | 4 % | 6 |
| EXHAUSTS | 4 % | 8 |
Why may EATS be the right solution?
The answer "EATS" fits the clue "Uses (up)" because when we eat, we consume food, which means we are using it up.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Uses up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- consumes
- expends
- utilizes
- eats
- wears
- antenna
- depletes
- kwashiorkor
- welding
- cache
- exploiter
- lay
Crossword Answer definitions
SPENDS noun- Amount of money spent (during a period); expenditure.
- (in the plural) Expenditures; money or pocket money.
- Discharged semen.
- Vaginal discharge.
- To pay out (money).
- To bestow; to employ; often with on or upon.
- To squander.
- To exhaust, to wear out.
- To consume, to use up (time).
- To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.
- To waste or wear away; to be consumed.
- To be diffused; to spread.
- To break ground; to continue working.
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 SPENDS
- Use up
- Squanders
- Uses up
- Uses cash
- Shells out
- Whiles away
- Goes on a shopping spree
- Pays out
- Forks over
- Isn't miserly
More clues leading to the result EATS
- Does lunch
- Beanery sign
- Bolts down
- Comestibles
- Gobbles down
- Grub
- Sign outside a greasy spoon
- Works on gourmet entrees
- Chows down
- Greasy-spoon come-on
More clues leading to the result DEPLETES
- Drains
- Seriously reduces
- Uses up
- Drains.
- Exhausts
- Empties
- Exhausts, as resources
- Empties wholly or partly
- Gradually uses up resources
More clues leading to the result SAPS
More clues leading to the result WEARS
- Sports
- Deteriorates by use
- Has on
- Causes corrosion
- Applies friction to
- Rubs down
- Dresses in
- Gets threadbare
- Erodes
- Becomes frayed, say
More clues leading to the result EXPENDS
More clues leading to the result DRAINS
- Important tub features
- Deprives of strength
- Empties the tub
- Water ways
- Flood deterrents
- Siphons
- Sink parts
- Sink holes
- Pulls the plug on
- Sink outlets
More clues leading to the result WASTES
- Squanders
- Barren stretches
- Fails to recycle
- Isn't frugal
- Bumps off
- Fritters away
- Dwindles
- Doesn't use efficiently
- Barrens.
- Deserts.