Soft-soap

The answer

COAX

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COAX answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 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.

• CAJOLE (3 uses in xd)
• FLATTERY (3 uses in xd)
• SWEETTALK (3 uses in xd)
• BLARNEY (1 uses in xd)
• FLATTER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for COAX

Every other clue in this collection answered by COAX, most used first.

• Cajole - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheedle - used 65 times, most recently in 2025
• Sweet-talk - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Persuade gently - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Persuade - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Gently persuade - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Inveigle - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Try to persuade - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Urge gently - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Attempt to persuade - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Persuade with flattery - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Soft mineral - TALC, used 260 times
• Soft cheese - BRIE, used 173 times
• Soft drink - COLA, used 106 times
• Soft drink - SODA, used 84 times
• Soft French cheese - BRIE, used 84 times
• Soft ball - NERF, used 48 times

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