Defrost
The crossword clue "Defrost" is answered by MELT, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. 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
MELT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MELT answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MELT
Every other clue in this collection answered by MELT, most used first.
- Thaw - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Dissolve - used 78 times, most recently in 2025
- Liquefy - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Cheesy sandwich - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Soften - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn to liquid - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Go soft - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- Become liquid - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Hot sandwich - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Tuna ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Get all mushy - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Go from solid to liquid - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfreeze - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Tuna-and-cheese sandwich - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Blend. - used 9 times, most recently in 1979
- Tuna sandwich - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Change states, in a way - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Leave a solid state? - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Run in the heat? - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Turn to slush - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Diner order - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Lose solidity - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Messy sandwich - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Soften up - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Gooey sandwich - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Grilled sandwich - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Modern English's "I ___ With You" - used 6 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.
- Defrost - THAW, used 102 times
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