Combust
The crossword clue "Combust" is answered by BURN, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2000. 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
BURN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BURN answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BURN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BURN, most used first.
- Scorch - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Overcook - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Incinerate - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Sunbathing risk - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Go up in smoke - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Insult - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Really overcook - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Swindle, slangily - 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.
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- ___ fide - BONA, used 204 times
- La ___ Tar Pits - BREA, used 192 times
- Prejudice - BIAS, used 182 times
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