Consecrate, in a way

The answer

ANOINT

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANOINT answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ANOINT

Every other clue in this collection answered by ANOINT, most used first.

• Consecrate - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
• Consecrate with oil - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Bless with oil - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Apply holy oil to - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Rub with oil - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Sprinkle with oil - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Choose formally - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Apply oil to - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Bless - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Make sacred - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Put holy oil on - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Choose as a successor - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Consecrate using oil - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Designate - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Embrocate - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Sanctify with oil - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Way out - EGRESS, used 115 times
• In a way - SORTOF, used 53 times
• Get in the way of - IMPEDE, used 33 times
• Rub the wrong way - ABRADE, used 32 times
• One way to pay - INCASH, used 30 times
• Appear that way - SEEMTO, used 24 times

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