| Of use |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Useful |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Handy |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Purposeful |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2025 |
| Pointless though not fine being profitable |
The Times Mephisto |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Having a practical purpose |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Of service |
New York Times |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Good for something, archaically |
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| Of use |
The Telegraph Plusword |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Practical |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2025 |
| Of use |
The Telegraph Plusword |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Profitable, useful (5) |
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| Of use |
The Telegraph Plusword |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Helpful |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2024 |
| Useful, until the North is abandoned to the East (5) |
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| Useful item worth little in board game? |
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| Of use; I lute (anag.) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Practical |
Newsday |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Coming in handy |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2024 |
| Of use |
The Telegraph Plusword |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Profitable mineral water's last to go |
The Times Mephisto |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Practical |
LA Times Daily |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Helpful... or a 1-point Scrabble piece |
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| Having some benefit |
Premier Sunday |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Serving a purpose |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Functional |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Functional |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Useful extract of what it's all about, I let you know? (5) |
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| Practical |
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| Practical |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Functional |
New York Times |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Of service |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Oct 2023 |
| Not merely decorative |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2023 |
| Of practical value |
New York Times |
12 Sep 2023 |
| Handy |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2023 |
| Handy |
New York Times |
16 Jul 2023 |
| Handy |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2023 |
| ThinkPad maker |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2023 |
| Of service |
Premier Sunday |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Scrabble piece often paired with Q |
Universal |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Serving a purpose |
LA Times Daily |
20 Oct 2022 |
| Serving a purpose |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2022 |
| Practical |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Sep 2022 |
| Scrabble piece that goes well with a Q |
Universal |
15 Aug 2022 |
| Handy |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2022 |
| Advantageous |
Newsday |
17 Apr 2022 |
| Of service |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Dec 2021 |
| Beneficial |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2021 |
| Scrabble piece used in many Q words |
Universal |
11 Apr 2021 |
| It's profitable however loathsome, giving away sources |
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| Helpful |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Functional |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Functional |
The Washington Post |
12 Nov 2020 |
| Worth keeping |
Newsday |
03 May 2020 |
| Scrabble draw that can go in front of NEATEN |
Universal |
27 Nov 2019 |
| Universal chimney pot would've been behovely |
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| Of service |
The Washington Post |
24 Oct 2019 |
| Of service |
LA Times Daily |
24 Oct 2019 |
| Handy |
LA Times Daily |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Handy |
The Washington Post |
09 Oct 2019 |
| Of service |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Oct 2019 |
| Of use |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Q's Scrabble partner, often |
Universal |
23 Jul 2019 |
| Of practical value |
The Washington Post |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Of practical value |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Scrabble one-pointer |
Newsday |
02 Jun 2019 |
| Serving a purpose |
The Washington Post |
01 May 2019 |
| Serving a purpose |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2019 |
| Having a function |
New York Times |
28 Apr 2019 |
| Of service |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Mar 2019 |
| Of help |
LA Times Daily |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Of help |
The Washington Post |
13 Feb 2019 |
| No good sacking leader to be profitable |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Frequent companion of Q, in Scrabble |
Universal |
07 Jan 2019 |
| Of help |
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| Handy |
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| Functional |
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| Helpful |
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| Having a function |
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| Of service |
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| Q's Scrabble partner, often |
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| Frequent companion of Q, in Scrabble |
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| Of use |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Of practical value |
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| Of value |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Of service |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Of practical assistance |
Universal |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Advantageous |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2018 |
| More than decorative |
Universal |
23 Jun 2018 |
| Like good tools |
Universal |
05 Jun 2018 |
| Worth using |
Universal |
31 May 2018 |
| Dulce et ___ (Horatian maxim) |
The New Yorker |
28 May 2018 |
| Advantageous |
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| Advantageous |
Universal |
24 Feb 2018 |
| Of value |
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| Of practical assistance |
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| Worth using |
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| More than decorative |
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| Like good tools |
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| Advantageous |
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| Advantageous |
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| It's useful to draw one in Scrabble if you have a Q |
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| Of service |
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| Of practical value |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Practical |
Universal |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Beneficial |
Universal |
23 Aug 2017 |
| Proving to be useful |
Universal |
28 Jul 2017 |
| Select group coming up stops short and takes a turn — that's useful |
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| Practical |
USA Today |
28 Jan 2017 |
| Of practical value |
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| Proving to be useful |
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| Practical |
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| Beneficial |
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| Practical |
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| Serving a purpose |
Universal |
12 Dec 2016 |
| Serving some purpose |
Universal |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Being of service |
Universal |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Serviceable |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2016 |
| Of some benefit |
Universal |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Worth keeping |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2016 |
| Serviceable |
New York Times |
06 Jun 2016 |
| Of service |
USA Today |
19 May 2016 |
| Serviceable |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2016 |
| Functional |
Premier Sunday |
31 Jan 2016 |
| Serving a purpose |
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| Worth keeping |
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| Serviceable |
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| Of some benefit |
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| Serviceable |
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| Of service |
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| Helpful, as a tool |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Handy |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2015 |
| Very practical |
Universal |
14 Sep 2015 |
| Worth having |
USA Today |
01 Sep 2015 |
| Handy to have around |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2015 |
| Useful |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2015 |
| Of practical value |
Universal |
13 May 2015 |
| Valuable |
New York Times |
01 May 2015 |
| Serving a purpose |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Apr 2015 |
| Functional |
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| Very practical |
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| Of practical value |
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| One-point Scrabble item |
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| Valuable |
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| Worth having |
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| Useful |
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| Helpful, as a tool |
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| Handy to have around |
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| Handy |
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| Of practical value |
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| Affording benefit |
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| Serviceable |
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| Having some benefit |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Functional |
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| Helpful, as a tool |
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| Of service |
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| Far from worthless |
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| Functional |
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| Good to have around |
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| In working order |
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| Not worthless |
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| Functional |
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| Functional |
|
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| Useful Scrabble piece? |
|
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| Not merely decorative |
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| More than decorative |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Of service |
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| Worthwhile |
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| More than decorative |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Far from worthless |
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| Of use |
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| Not worthless |
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| Handy |
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| Practical |
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| Practical |
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| Of practical value |
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| Serving some purpose |
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| Good for something |
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| Scrabble vowel pick |
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| Of some value |
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| Not worthless |
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| Useful |
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| Serving some purpose |
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| Of value |
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| Functional |
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| Advantageous |
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| Worth keeping |
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| Handy |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Being of service |
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| Handy |
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| Not merely decorative |
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| Handy to have around |
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| Being of service |
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| Being of service |
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| Employable |
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| Of service |
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| Worth keeping |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Beneficial |
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| Functional |
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| Being of value |
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| Practical |
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| Valuable |
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| Beneficial |
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| Employable |
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| Practical |
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| Of service |
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| Not just decorative |
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| Beneficial |
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| Beneficial |
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| Of value |
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| Of service |
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| Worth having |
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| Not merely decorative |
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| Serviceable |
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| Of service |
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| Of value |
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| Of service |
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| Being of service |
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| Handy |
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| Worth having |
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| Of service |
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| Helpful |
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| Serviceable |
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| Handy |
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| Handy |
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| Helpful |
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| Helpful |
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| Of avail |
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| Of value |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Beneficial |
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| Worth having |
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| Helpful |
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| Of some benefit |
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| Serving some purpose |
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| Serviceable |
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| Valuable |
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| Worth having |
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| Suitable |
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| Valuable |
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| Serviceable |
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| Practical |
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| Functional |
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| Actress Ward |
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| Practical |
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| Advantageous |
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| Worth keeping |
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| Of value |
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| Practical |
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| Advantageous |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Purposeful |
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| Of practical value |
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| Purposeful |
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| Of value |
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| Of value |
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| Practical |
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| Of assistance |
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| Of service |
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| Far from worthless |
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| Of use |
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| Helpful |
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| Being of service |
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| Not just decorative |
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| Practical |
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| Worthwhile |
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| Handy |
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| Worthwhile |
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| Of service |
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| Good to have around |
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| Handy to have around |
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| Functional |
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| Worth keeping |
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| Not just decorative |
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| Of some use |
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| Advantageous |
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| Of some benefit |
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| Applicable |
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| Useful |
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| Worth having |
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| Old word meaning "useful" |
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| Of value |
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| Of some benefit |
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| Of some value |
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| Of some benefit |
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| Serving a purpose |
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| Being of value |
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| Serviceable |
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| Beneficial |
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| Of service |
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| Useful |
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| In working order |
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| Helpful |
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| Serviceable |
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| Useful old style |
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| Applicable |
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| Availing |
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| ___ dulci |
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| Useful |
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| Of some purpose |
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| Good for something |
|
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| Practical |
|
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| Helpful, as a tool |
|
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| Like pots or pans |
|
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| Like a dicer or ricer |
|
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| Purposeful |
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| Workable |
|
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| Advantageous |
|
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| Practical: Obs. |
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| Of avail. |
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| Serviceable. |
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| Useful, old style. |
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| Useful. |
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| Practical, old style. |
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| Profitable: Obs. |
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| Profitable. |
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| Workable |
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| Serviceable |
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| In working order |
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| Handy |
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| Practical. |
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