Quench, as thirst
The crossword clue "Quench, as thirst" is answered by SLAKE, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLAKE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAKE answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLAKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLAKE, most used first.
- Quench - used 93 times, most recently in 2025
- Satisfy, as thirst - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Satisfy - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Assuage - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Allay - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Allay by satisfying - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Allay, as thirst - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Satisfy a thirst - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Thirst (for) - YEARN, used 10 times
- Thirst quencher - WATER, used 7 times
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