Vapor from a teakettle

The answer

STEAM

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEAM answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STEAM

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

• Water vapor - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
• Iron output - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Fulton's power - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Teakettle output - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Cook, as clams - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Mirror fogger - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Teakettle emission - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Vapor - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• Geyser output - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Iron production - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Power source - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Calliope power - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Energy - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Cook clams - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Iron emission - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Something to let off - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Power. - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Sauna stuff - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Tick off - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• What inspired Watt - used 9 times, most recently in 1993
• Cook, as dumplings - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Kettle output - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Locomotive power - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Prepare clams - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Pressing need? - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Source of power. - used 8 times, most recently in 1967
• Watt's power - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Cook, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Calliope need - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cook, as mussels - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Letter opener? - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Old Faithful output - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Tee off - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

Related clues

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• From the top - AGAIN, used 93 times
• Stay away from - AVOID, used 91 times
• Get away from - ELUDE, used 73 times
• Keep from happening - AVERT, used 73 times
• Food from heaven - MANNA, used 59 times

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