Brown quickly at a high temperature

The answer

SEAR

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

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Blacken on a grill - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Blacken on the grill - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Seal in the juices - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
• Parch - used 15 times, most recently in 2010
• Singe - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Dry up. - used 14 times, most recently in 1995
• Brand, in a way - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cook quickly - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Mark with a branding iron - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Wither - used 13 times, most recently in 1997
• Affix a brand to - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Cook over high heat - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Scorch the surface of - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Brown - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Burn on the outside - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Use a branding iron - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Brown meat - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Gunlock catch - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• Blacken, as a steak - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Char on the grill - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Cook the surface of - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Lightly burn - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Scorch on a grill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Fly high - SOAR, used 380 times
• High point - ACME, used 277 times
• High time? - NOON, used 151 times
• High cards - ACES, used 141 times
• Read quickly - SCAN, used 133 times
• High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times

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