Answer to the riddle "What cheese is made backward?"

The answer

EDAM

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

Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EDAM

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

• Dutch cheese - used 497 times, most recently in 2026
• Wax-coated cheese - used 150 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese - used 86 times, most recently in 2014
• Dutch export - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Dutch treat - used 72 times, most recently in 2024
• Mild cheese - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Red-coated cheese - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese in a ball - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• Mild Dutch cheese - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese choice - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Red-wrapped cheese - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Dutch cheese town - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Gouda alternative - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Wax-wrapped cheese - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese from Holland - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Mild yellow cheese - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Wax-coated Dutch cheese - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Dutch town - used 19 times, most recently in 2005
• Wax-covered cheese - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Ball-shaped cheese - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Cheese in red wax - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Party cheese - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Cheese town - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• Cheese that's made backward? - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese burg - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Kind of cheese. - used 14 times, most recently in 1996
• Cheese variety - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Round cheese - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Cheese coated in red wax - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Cheese similar to Gouda - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Gouda cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Imported cheese - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Netherlands town - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Cheese from the Netherlands - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese in a red coat - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Cheese in a red rind - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Big cheese in Holland - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Cracker topper - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Holland export - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Wax-wrapped Dutch cheese - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Yellow cheese - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Cheese coated with red wax - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Gouda relative - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Hard, yellow cheese - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Pale yellow cheese - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Red-cased cheese - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Cheese ball - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese city - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Cheese type - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• City on the IJsselmeer - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Dutch dairy export - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Gouda's cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Netherlands cheese town - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Semi-hard cheese - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Cheese with a red coat - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Netherlands cheese - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Netherlands export - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Red-rinded cheese - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Relative of Gouda. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
• Round Dutch cheese - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Yellow cheese in red wax - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheese coated in wax - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Cheese named for a Dutch town - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheeseboard choice - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Dutch city. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Gouda's kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Hard cheese - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Town on the IJsselmeer - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Waxed cheese - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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