___ up (absorbs)
The crossword clue "___ up (absorbs)" is answered by SOPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. 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
SOPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOPS answer page.
Used 17 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SOPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOPS, most used first.
- Soaks (up) - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Absorbs, with "up" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Bribes - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Drenches - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Conciliatory gifts - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Concessions - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Saturates - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Dips in gravy - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Payoffs - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Placatory offerings - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Placebos - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
- Conciliatory gestures - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Gravy absorbers - 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.
- Absorbs, as a loss - EATS, used 12 times
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