Parboil
The crossword clue "Parboil" is answered by SCALD, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1968. 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
SCALD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCALD answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 7 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.
- BIPOLARDISORDER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCALD
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCALD, most used first.
- Burn with steam - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Burn - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn with hot water - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn with water - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Almost boil - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- Burn with liquid - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Nearly boil - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Burn with hot liquid - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring to a near boil - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Burn with a hot liquid - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Heat to near boiling - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Blanch - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bring close to boiling - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Burn, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Cooking direction - used 7 times, most recently in 1991
- Recipe direction. - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
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