Harden by heat
The crossword clue "Harden by heat" is answered by BAKE, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BAKE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BAKE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BKE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BAKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BAKE, most used first.
- Use the oven - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Swelter - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
- Make cookies - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Cook cookies - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Lie in the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Make brownies - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Sit in the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Use a kiln - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Cook. - used 8 times, most recently in 1973
- Cook in an oven - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Oven setting - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Put in the oven - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Make a cake - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Recipe direction - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Cook in the oven - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Make muffins - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- "The heat ___!" - ISON, used 54 times
- "Heat of the Moment" band - ASIA, used 37 times
- In a dead heat - EVEN, used 21 times
- Heat in the microwave - NUKE, used 17 times
- Droop in the heat - WILT, used 14 times
- Give off, as heat - EMIT, used 14 times
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