Sop up
The crossword clue "Sop up" is answered by ABSORB, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABSORB
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABSORB answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABSORB
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABSORB, most used first.
- Soak up - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Take in - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Engross - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Assimilate - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Sponge up - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Soak up like a sponge - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Act like a sponge - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Suck up - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Relaxed - ATEASE, used 237 times
- Each - APIECE, used 213 times
- Stick - ADHERE, used 177 times
- "___ Fideles" - ADESTE, used 176 times
- Evaluate - ASSESS, used 169 times
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