Not so hot

The answer

MILD

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MILD answer page.

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 8 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.

• TEPID (55 uses in xd)
• WARM (17 uses in xd)
• SOSO (10 uses in xd)
• BLAH (6 uses in xd)
• MEH (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for MILD

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

• Temperate - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Not spicy - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Salsa option - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Not at all spicy - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Not very spicy - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Not too spicy - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Salsa choice - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Gentle - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Balmy - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
• Clement - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Salsa specification - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Like some salsa - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Salsa rating - used 7 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• If not - ELSE, used 199 times
• Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
• Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
• Not so much - LESS, used 171 times

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