Be adoring
The crossword clue "Be adoring" is answered by DOTE, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOTE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOTE answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DOTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOTE, most used first.
- Lavish affection (on) - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Spoil, with "on" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Shower affection (on) - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Lavish attention (on) - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Shower attention (on) - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Be overly fond - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Lavish love (on) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Fuss over, with "on" - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Heap affection (on) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Lavish affection - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Love to excess - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
- Overdo the TLC - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Be too fond - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Fawn over, with "on" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Pamper, with "on" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Love to excess, with "on" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Be overfond. - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Pour affection (on) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Act the loving grandparent - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Lavish attention - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Show fondness - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Show senility - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Shower attention - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
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.
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- Sandwich shop - DELI, used 288 times
- Consider - DEEM, used 287 times
- Unit of force - DYNE, used 242 times
- Facts and figures - DATA, used 223 times
- Challenge - DARE, used 216 times
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