Become slippery, in a way

The answer

ICEUP

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ICEUP answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 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.

• ICEOVER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ICEUP

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

• Freeze over - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Freeze - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Become frozen - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Become frosty - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Frost over - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Require defrosting - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Freeze, as a windshield - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Get a winter coat? - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Get frosty - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Become slippery, in winter - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Freeze over, as a windshield - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• In any way - ATALL, used 185 times
• Way to go - ROUTE, used 139 times
• Out of the way - ASIDE, used 138 times
• "In what way?" - HOWSO, used 66 times
• One way to read - ALOUD, used 57 times
• Rub the wrong way - CHAFE, used 55 times

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