Butter alternatives

The answer

OLEOS

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

Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• OILS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OLEOS

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

• Bread spreads - used 41 times, most recently in 2019
• Butter substitutes - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Spreads - used 20 times, most recently in 2008
• Margarines - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Vegetable spreads - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Some spreads - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Grocery items. - used 8 times, most recently in 1978
• Subs in tubs - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Toast toppers - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Butter wannabes - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Toast spreads - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Make butter - CHURN, used 30 times
• Butter-making device - CHURN, used 24 times
• Butter ___ (ice cream flavor) - PECAN, used 21 times
• Butter maker - CHURN, used 20 times
• Butter up? - BASTE, used 16 times
• Slurpee alternatives - ICEES, used 13 times

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