Tender touch
The crossword clue "Tender touch" is answered by CARESS, a 6-letter entry. Used 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 8 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 19 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- 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
- Stroke - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Most tender - SOREST, used 26 times
- Touch off - IGNITE, used 13 times
- Gate tender - SENTRY, used 11 times
- Jackson of "A Touch of Class" - GLENDA, used 9 times
- Most tender to the touch - SOREST, used 7 times
- Taste and touch - SENSES, used 7 times
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