Mark with a branding iron
The crossword clue "Mark with a branding iron" is answered by SEAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SEAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEAR answer page.
Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 5 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
- 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
- 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.
- Prefix with dynamic - AERO, used 152 times
- Share a border with - ABUT, used 152 times
- Done with - OVER, used 145 times
- Lasting mark - SCAR, used 144 times
- With: Fr. - AVEC, used 132 times
- With skill - ABLY, used 127 times
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