Soak
The crossword clue "Soak" is answered by DOUSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOUSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOUSE answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DOUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOUSE, most used first.
- Throw water on - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Extinguish - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Drench - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Put out - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Extinguish, as a fire - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Pour water on - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Put out, as a fire - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Immerse - used 8 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.
- Soak in the tub - BATHE, used 45 times
- Soak - BATHE, used 17 times
- Soak - STEEP, used 13 times
- Enjoy a soak - BATHE, used 8 times
- Soak up knowledge - LEARN, used 8 times
- Have a soak - BATHE, used 6 times
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