Blacken on a grill
The crossword clue "Blacken on a grill" is answered by SEAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SEAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEAR answer page.
Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SEAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEAR, most used first.
- Scorch - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
- Char - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn - used 66 times, most recently in 2023
- Blacken - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Cauterize - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn the surface of - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn slightly - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Brand - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Brown quickly - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn somewhat - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Char, as a steak - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Burn a bit - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Char on a grill - used 24 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.
- Blacken - CHAR, used 152 times
- Blacken on the grill - CHAR, used 55 times
- Blacken on a grill - CHAR, used 51 times
- Blacken on the barbecue - CHAR, used 25 times
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