Warm welcome
The crossword clue "Warm welcome" is answered by HUG, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HUG
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUG answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 6 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.
- GLADHAND (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for HUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by HUG, most used first.
- Embrace - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
- Warm embrace - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Warm greeting - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Show of affection - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Greet warmly - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Affectionate embrace - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Warm squeeze - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Affectionate greeting - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- "Welcome" site - MAT, used 44 times
- Welcome ___ - MAT, used 22 times
- Welcome item - MAT, used 21 times
- Waikiki welcome - LEI, used 17 times
- "Walk-___ welcome" - INS, used 14 times
- "Welcome" rug - MAT, used 14 times
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