Word before "sauce" or "milk"

The answer

SOY

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOY answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2019. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SOY

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

• Tofu source - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
• Tofu base - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Sauce source - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ sauce - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of sauce - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ milk - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Salty sauce - used 20 times, most recently in 2008
• Kind of milk - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• __ sauce (Chinese condiment) - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Vegan staple - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Milk source - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Type of sauce - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• __ sauce (sushi condiment) - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Vegan protein source - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Dim sum sauce - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Nondairy milk source - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Protein source - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Tempeh base - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Versatile bean - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• ___ latte - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Asian sauce - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Chop suey sauce - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Kind of bean - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Kind of flour - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• __ sauce (Asian condiment) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Sukiyaki sauce - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Teriyaki sauce base - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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• Before, poetically - ERE, used 277 times
• Before now - AGO, used 273 times
• Night before - EVE, used 235 times
• Bard's "before" - ERE, used 218 times
• Before, in poetry - ERE, used 194 times

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