Burns a bit
The crossword clue "Burns a bit" is answered by CHARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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CHARS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHARS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. 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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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.
- Burn a bit - SINGE, used 80 times
- Bit of gossip - RUMOR, used 56 times
- Bit of parsley - SPRIG, used 56 times
- Champing at the bit - EAGER, used 48 times
- Bit of tomfoolery - ANTIC, used 35 times
- Bit of high jinks - ANTIC, used 34 times
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