Soften
The crossword clue "Soften" is answered by ALLAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALLAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLAY answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ALLAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLAY, most used first.
- Put to rest - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Calm - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Soothe - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Relieve - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Calm, as fears - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Ease - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Ease, as fears - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Put to rest, as fears - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Set to rest - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Assuage - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Mitigate - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Mollify - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Soothe, as fears - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Quiet - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Ease, as anxieties - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Ease, as one's fears - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Put at rest - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Make amends - ATONE, used 664 times
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Once more - AGAIN, used 336 times
- Nimble - AGILE, used 322 times
- Battery terminal - ANODE, used 319 times
- Book of maps - ATLAS, used 317 times
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