Moisten in the oven
The crossword clue "Moisten in the oven" is answered by BASTE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BASTE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BASTE answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Butter up? - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- 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 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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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