Fire starter
The crossword clue "Fire starter" is answered by MATCH, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MATCH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MATCH answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MATCH
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- Contest - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Lighter alternative - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Tennis contest - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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