Blacken on the barbecue
The crossword clue "Blacken on the barbecue" is answered by CHAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CHAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHAR answer page.
Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
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- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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