Common mixer

The answer

COLA

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

Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 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.

• SODA (22 uses in xd)
• TONIC (5 uses in xd)
• SODAWATER (2 uses in xd)
• CLUBSODA (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for COLA

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

• Soft drink - used 106 times, most recently in 2023
• Coke or Pepsi - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Pepsi or Coke - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Pop flavor - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Fizzy drink - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Pop choice - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Cuba libre ingredient - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Soda flavor - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Pepsi, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Soda choice - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Pepsi, for one - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Soft drink choice - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Carbonated drink - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Fountain order - used 17 times, most recently in 2007
• Fountain drink - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Soft drink flavor - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Brown beverage - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Caffeine source - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• African tree. - used 14 times, most recently in 2002
• Bubbly beverage - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Popular pop - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Rum mixer - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Fast-food beverage - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Coca-___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Cuba libre mixer - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Fast-food drink - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Nut tree. - used 11 times, most recently in 1967
• African nut tree. - used 10 times, most recently in 1963
• Bar mixer - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Bubbly drink - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fizzy brown drink - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Pop - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Root beer alternative - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Dark drink - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Pepsi-___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Brown soft drink - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Pepsi or RC - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Picnic beverage - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• RC, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Coke, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• RC, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Soda type - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Brown soda - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Burger and fries go-with - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Caramel-colored beverage - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Carbonated beverage - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Carbonated canful - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Cherry ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Fountain fare - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Tab, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Vending machine choice - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Bar mixer - SODA, used 60 times
• Common street name - MAIN, used 55 times
• Common French verb - ETRE, used 49 times
• Common Latin abbr. - ETAL, used 34 times
• Common conjunctions - ANDS, used 31 times
• Common contraction - ISNT, used 29 times

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