Soaks in hot water

The answer

STEEPS

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEEPS answer page.

Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STEEPS

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

• Brews, as tea - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Brews - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Soaks - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Saturates - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Makes tea - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Brews tea - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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.

• Hot - STOLEN, used 78 times
• Water down - DILUTE, used 32 times
• Hot dog - WIENER, used 25 times
• Water channel - SLUICE, used 23 times
• Hot dish holder - TRIVET, used 21 times
• Hot dog - WEENIE, used 21 times

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