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works

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"Operates"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /wɜːks/Part of speech nounSorted korswStarts with WEnds with S2 cluesVery common crossword word
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"works" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often functioning (11 letters).

Definitions

  1. Creations or moving parts; functions

Used in a sentence

  • “The steel works almost fills the valley.”
  • “In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.”
  • “Aged and degraded oil and grease can really gum up the works.”

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Operates”5 letters
02“Functions”5 letters

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