Answer to "Wear and tear" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word USE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.

Wear and tear crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
USE	98 %	3
STRESS	2 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wear and tear

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• depreciation
• devaluation
• write-down
• accumulated depreciation
• impairment
• accelerated depreciation
• total loss
• charge off
• breakage
• average
• leakage
• write-off

Crossword Answer definitions

USE noun

1. The act of using.
2. The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
3. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
4. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
5. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
6. Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
7. Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
8. Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
9. The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
10. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

USE verb

1. To utilize or employ.
2. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
3. (except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
4. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
5. To behave, act, comport oneself.

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 USE

• "It's no __!"
• Avail oneself of
• Consume
• Custom
• Employ
• Exercise
• Function
• IN __ (lavatory sign)
• Make the most of
• Purpose

More clues leading to the result STRESS

• Cause of burnout
• Accent
• Emphasize
• Underscore
• Fast-track malady
• High anxiety
• Rat-race result
• Put an accent on
• On-the-job malady
• Pronunciational prominence