Blacken, as a steak
The crossword clue "Blacken, as a steak" is answered by CHAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
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CHAR
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Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CHAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHAR, most used first.
- Scorch - used 198 times, most recently in 2026
- Blacken - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn slightly - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn a bit - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Blacken on the grill - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Blacken on a grill - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Singe - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Blacken on the barbecue - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn somewhat - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Sear - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Burn up. - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Burn a little - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn on the outside - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn to a crisp - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Turn black - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Burn the surface of - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Sear on a grill - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Blacken, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Blacken with fire - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Carbonize - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- British cleaning woman - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- London cleaning woman - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Reduce to carbon - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Blacken a bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Blacken, as steak - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Blacken on a barbecue - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Burn on the grill - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn the chops - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Dover domestic - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Steak order - RARE, used 127 times
- Blacken - SEAR, used 56 times
- Char, as a steak - SEAR, used 26 times
- Steak choice - RARE, used 22 times
- Blacken on a grill - SEAR, used 21 times
- Blacken on the grill - SEAR, used 20 times
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