Work with the hands

The answer

KNEAD

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

Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for KNEAD

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

• Massage - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Work, as dough - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Work dough - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Work with dough - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Bread machine cycle - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Do a pizzeria chore - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Work the dough - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Work on dough - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Get the dough ready - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Manipulate, as bread dough - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Manipulate dough - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Work with one's hands - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Deal with dough - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Bread-making instruction - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Prepare dough - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

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• Fill with joy - ELATE, used 232 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times

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