Soak up
The crossword clue "Soak up" is answered by BLOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BLOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BLOT answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 4 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.
- SORB (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for BLOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BLOT, most used first.
- Ink stain - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Stain - used 43 times, most recently in 2024
- Ink smudge - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Rorschach image - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Smudge - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Inky stain - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Rorschach test feature - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Dark mark - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Ink smear - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Rorschach test image - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Moral flaw - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Rorschach test component - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Black mark - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Ink mishap - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Ink spot - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Inky smear - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Dab dry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Reputation blemish - 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.
- Soak up the sun - BASK, used 40 times
- Relaxing soak - BATH, used 15 times
- Soak up some rays - BASK, used 14 times
- Soak up some sun - BASK, used 11 times
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