Prepare flour

The answer

SIFT

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SIFT

Every other clue in this collection answered by SIFT, most used first.

• Winnow - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Search (through) - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Screen - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Use a sieve - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Go (through) - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Sort (through) - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Work with flour - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Examine closely - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Make finer - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Process flour - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Put through a sieve - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Put through a strainer - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Refine, as flour - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Strain, as flour - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Baking instruction - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe direction - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Strain - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Prepare for publication - EDIT, used 131 times
• Prepare potatoes - MASH, used 44 times
• Prepare for a trip - PACK, used 43 times
• Prepare for takeoff - TAXI, used 41 times
• Prepare for a bout - SPAR, used 38 times
• Prepare to be shot - POSE, used 29 times

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