Command to a cannoneer

The answer

FIRE

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 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
• Caveman discovery - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• 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
• 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.

• Command to Fido - STAY, used 63 times
• Sentry's command - HALT, used 60 times
• E-mail command - SEND, used 59 times
• Command to Fido - HEEL, used 32 times
• Email command - SEND, used 32 times
• Computer command - SAVE, used 31 times

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