Cook the surface of
The crossword clue "Cook the surface of" is answered by SEAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SEAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEAR answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. 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 quickly at a high temperature - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- Lightly burn - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Scorch on a grill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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