Butter up?
The crossword clue "Butter up?" is answered by BASTE, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BASTE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BASTE answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 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.
- FLATTER (2 uses in xd)
- SOFTSOAP (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for BASTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BASTE, most used first.
- Sew loosely - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Moisten, as a turkey - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Thrash - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Moisten while cooking - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Sew. - used 15 times, most recently in 1976
- Tend to the turkey - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Moisten in the oven - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Moisten the turkey - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Moisten while roasting - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Sew lightly - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Stitch temporarily - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Treat the turkey - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cooking or sewing term - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Moisten, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Wallop - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Brush with liquid while roasting - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Keep moist, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Keep the turkey moist - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Moisten, as a roast - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Moisten the bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Moisten with drippings - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Tend to a turkey - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Butter substitutes - OLEOS, used 36 times
- Make butter - CHURN, used 30 times
- Butter-making device - CHURN, used 24 times
- Butter ___ (ice cream flavor) - PECAN, used 21 times
- Butter maker - CHURN, used 20 times
- Butter alternatives - OLEOS, used 11 times
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