Burn slightly

The answer

SEAR

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

Used 44 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 13 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.

• SINGE (94 uses in xd)
• CHAR (85 uses in xd)
• SCORCH (2 uses in xd)

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
• 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

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.

• Slightly open - AJAR, used 322 times
• Slightly - ATAD, used 300 times
• Slightly - ABIT, used 225 times
• Burn soother - ALOE, used 135 times
• Just slightly - ATAD, used 134 times
• Just slightly - ABIT, used 86 times

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