Keep afloat
The crossword clue "Keep afloat" is answered by BUOY, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BUOY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BUOY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 5 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.
- BUOYUP (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for BUOY
Every other clue in this collection answered by BUOY, most used first.
- Channel marker - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Harbor marker - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Uplift - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Floating marker - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbor bobber - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hearten - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Keep for later - SAVE, used 45 times
- Keep out of sight - HIDE, used 41 times
- Keep __ (persevere) - ATIT, used 39 times
- Keep __ (persist) - ATIT, used 37 times
- Keep away from - SHUN, used 30 times
- Keep ___ on - TABS, used 30 times
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