Clues for the word "HONE"
We've had 133 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 803 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on February 04, 2026.
Definition of hone
- v. i. - To pine; to lament; to long.
- n. - A kind of swelling in the cheek.
- n. - A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
- v. t. - To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
Referring Clues
- Sharpen, as a razor
- Whet
- Perfect
- Sharpen
- Give an edge to
- Grind, maybe
- Fine-tune
- Improve, in a way
- Improve, as one's skills
- Sharpen, as on a whetstone
- Edge
- Improve
- Use a whetstone on
- Give an edge
- Put an edge on
- It'll give you the edge
- Practice, as skills
- Work on the edge?
- Apply to a whetstone
- Give the edge to?
- It might help you make the cut
- Sharpen, as skills
- Sharpen, as a knife
- It'll give you an edge
- Put to the grindstone
- Make more effective
- Work on the edge
- Use a whetstone
- Refine
- Perfect, as a skill
- Ready, as a machete
- Work on, as one's skills
- Opposite of dull
- Razor sharpener
- Sharpen with a whetstone
- Better
- Whetstone
- Use a strop on
- Improve, as skills
- Strop
- Work on
- Make sharper
- Improve in small increments
- Make more acute
- Improve, as an edge
- Make keener
- Improve an edge
- Use a strop
- Make perfect
- Get to the point?
- Perfect one's skills
- Perfect, as one's skills
- Cutting edge creator
- Strop it!
- Polish, as one's skills
- Sharpen 1-Across
- Make a knife sharp
- Improve, as a skill
- Put to an oilstone
- Ready the machete
- Make more perfect
- Get sharp
- Sharpen, as a skill
- Use an oilstone
- Aid in gaining an edge
- Make more efficient
- Apply to an emery wheel
- Sharpen, as one's skills
- You might rub a knife across it
- Perfect, perhaps
- Make sharp
- Gain an edge
- Ready a machete
- Give an edge to?
- Improve, as skill
- Make more acute, as one's senses
- Practice
- Make sharper, as a blade
- Polish one's skills
- Take the strop to
- Fine whetstone
- Touch up
- Get an edge on
- Better an edge
- Improve, as acting skills
- Sharpen on a whetstone
- Refine, as a skill
- Sharpen, as a sword edge
- Improve, as a blade edge
- Perfect over time
- Perfect, as one's talents
- Use of oilstone
- Practice, so to speak
- Revise for the better
- Grind
- Polish
- Put a sharp edge on
- Make a point?
- Sharpen (a blade)
- A flat stone and a hot one
- Endless love is perfect
- Refine over time
- Polish sweetheart who's not all there!
- Give a finer edge to
- Practice to improve
- Better edges?
- Put to a whetstone
- Put to a grindstone
- Perfect, as an edge
- Here's a hard one, and that's flat!
- Put to a strop
- A hot one, and that's flat!
- Give a fine edge to
- Improve gradually, say
- Fine-tune, as skills
- A hot individual can sharpen things up
- Refine, as skills
- Ready the machete, say
- Perfect, as skills
- Work on perfecting
- Sharpen, as a knife edge
- Fine-tune over time
- Perfect gradually
- Sharpen, like skills
- Improve through practice
- Sharpen, as an axe
- Put an edge on a blade
- Refine, like skills
- Sharpen, as a blade
- Sharpen, like a sword or a skill
- Sharpen, as a sword's edge
- Take a strop to
- Smooth with a whetstone
Last Seen In
- LA Times - February 04, 2026
- Daily American - January 23, 2026
- New York Times - January 11, 2026
- LA Times - January 04, 2026
- Daily American - December 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 20, 2025
- LA Times - November 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 06, 2025
- New York Times - November 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 01, 2025
- New York Times - October 09, 2025
- Daily American - September 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 29, 2025
- New York Times - September 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 07, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 22, 2025
- New York Times - July 13, 2025
- New York Times - June 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 09, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 16, 2025
- Daily American - May 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 30, 2025
- New York Times - April 29, 2025
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