Stroke
The crossword clue "Stroke" is answered by CARESS, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CARESS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CARESS answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 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.
- APOPLEXY (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for CARESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CARESS, most used first.
- Loving touch - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Hug - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
- Gentle touch - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Fondle - used 25 times, most recently in 2014
- Soft touch - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Tender touch - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Pet - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Affectionate touch - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Sign of affection - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Embrace - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Nice touch - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Touch lovingly - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Affectionate gesture - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Gentle stroke - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Light touch - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Show of affection - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Stroke gently - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Touch tenderly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Touch gently - 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.
- Pure - CHASTE, used 73 times
- Stick together - COHERE, used 72 times
- Strong-arm - COERCE, used 55 times
- Life's work - CAREER, used 54 times
- Customer - CLIENT, used 48 times
- Stops - CEASES, used 48 times
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