Live coal
The crossword clue "Live coal" is answered by EMBER, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EMBER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMBER answer page.
Used 24 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 8 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.
- CINDER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EMBER
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMBER, most used first.
- Glowing coal - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Fire remnant - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Hot coal - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Words to live by - CREDO, used 84 times
- Live and breathe - EXIST, used 66 times
- Words to live by - MOTTO, used 55 times
- Not live - TAPED, used 52 times
- Live - EXIST, used 50 times
- Words to live by - CREED, used 37 times
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