Set on fire
The crossword clue "Set on fire" is answered by LIT, a 3-letter entry. Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LIT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIT answer page.
Used 24 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 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.
- BURN (5 uses in xd)
- TORCH (3 uses in xd)
- IGNITED (2 uses in xd)
- FLAMBE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by LIT, most used first.
- Ignited - used 213 times, most recently in 2026
- Illuminated - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
- Kindled - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- On fire - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Set fire to - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Tipsy - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Put a match to - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Set afire - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Torched - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Burning - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Plastered - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Turned on - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Three sheets to the wind - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
- Blotto - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
- English ___ - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Set ablaze - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Afire - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
- Beyond tipsy - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- On - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- On, as a lamp - used 21 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.
- Fire - CAN, used 104 times
- Fire residue - ASH, used 95 times
- Fire proof? - ASH, used 91 times
- Fire - AXE, used 75 times
- Set - GEL, used 70 times
- Fire remnant - ASH, used 68 times
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