Herb in pesto sauce
The crossword clue "Herb in pesto sauce" is answered by BASIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BASIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BASIL answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BASIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by BASIL, most used first.
- Pesto herb - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Pesto ingredient - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Pesto base - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Cooking herb - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Spaghetti sauce herb - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Herb. - used 7 times, most recently in 1973
- Herb in pesto - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Mountain mint - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- Pasta sauce herb - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Aromatic herb - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Cook's herb - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Pesto sauce herb - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Green sauce - PESTO, used 106 times
- Garlicky sauce - AIOLI, used 105 times
- Basil-based sauce - PESTO, used 86 times
- Green pasta sauce - PESTO, used 64 times
- Aromatic herb - ANISE, used 30 times
- Sauce made with basil - PESTO, used 28 times
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