Start bubbling, perhaps
The crossword clue "Start bubbling, perhaps" is answered by BOIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOIL answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BOIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOIL, most used first.
- Seethe - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Be hopping mad - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- More than simmer - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring to 212 degrees - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Prepare, as water for tea - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- See red - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Bubble up - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Swelter - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- From the start - ANEW, used 96 times
- Dynamic start - AERO, used 94 times
- Flying start? - AERO, used 89 times
- Start over - REDO, used 68 times
- Start of a play - ACTI, used 63 times
- Start the bidding - OPEN, used 61 times
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