Caveman discovery

The answer

FIRE

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

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for FIRE

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

• Blaze - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Can - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Let go - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Discharge - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Ardor - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• Conflagration - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Send packing - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Smoke source - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Passion - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Cause for alarm? - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Pull the trigger - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Ax - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Forest danger - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Give the ax - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Bad thing to be under - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Campsite heat source - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Command to a cannoneer - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Enthusiasm. - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Marshmallow blackener - used 6 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.

• Cries of discovery - AHAS, used 76 times
• Discovery - FIND, used 31 times
• Cries of discovery - OHOS, used 15 times
• An 1898 discovery - NEON, used 10 times
• Sounds of discovery - AHAS, used 10 times
• Aladdin's discovery - LAMP, used 9 times

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