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"find" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often locate (6 letters).
Definitions
To discover or locate something.
Word origin
From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”).
Used in a sentence
“I found this shell on the beach.”
“She arrived home to find that the house had gone up in flames.”
“Searching the window for a flint, I found/This paper, thus sealed up.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Discover by looking”4 letters
02“Discover”4 letters
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