Mix with a swizzle stick

The answer

STIR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STIR answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STIR

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

• Commotion - used 236 times, most recently in 2026
• Mix with a spoon - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• Use a swizzle stick - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• Mix - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe direction - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Agitate - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe instruction - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Swizzle - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• To-do - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe verb - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Mix up - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Show signs of life - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
• Ado - used 56 times, most recently in 2020
• Hubbub - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Ruckus - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Mix together - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoosegow - used 41 times, most recently in 2020
• Budge - used 36 times, most recently in 2011
• Cookbook direction - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Move - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Brouhaha - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Recipe directive - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Cooking direction - used 30 times, most recently in 2011
• Slammer - used 30 times, most recently in 2016
• Move a muscle - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Rouse - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Move slightly - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Culinary directive - used 25 times, most recently in 2017
• Use a teaspoon - used 25 times, most recently in 2015
• Fuss - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Start to wake up - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Hullabaloo - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Begin to awaken - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Recipe word - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Begin to wake up - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Move a bit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Activity. - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
• Awaken - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Move emotionally - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
• Paint can direction - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Bustle - used 19 times, most recently in 2004
• Tend to the sauce - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Use a spoon - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ the pot - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Arouse - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Flurry. - used 16 times, most recently in 1973
• Mix things up - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Be up and about - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Move about - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Tend to the batter - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Pother - used 14 times, most recently in 2008
• Tumult - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Begin to wake - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cup-a-Soup direction - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Kerfuffle - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Move a little - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Pokey - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
• Blend - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Paint can instruction - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• The big house - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Affect emotionally - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Cooking instruction - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• __-crazy - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Disturbance - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Mix in a bowl - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Begin to move - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cookbook instruction - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Excite - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Flap - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• The hoosegow - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• ___-fry - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Mix, as batter - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• The clink - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Affect strongly - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Big to-do - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Calaboose - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Foofaraw - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Get moving - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of crazy? - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• The slammer - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Word with "fried" or "crazy" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Become active - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Chef's direction - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• ___-crazy (restless) - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Mix, as cake batter - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Prepare paint - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Provoke - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Recipe step - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Roil - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Cake mix instruction - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cookbook verb - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Excitement - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Hoo-ha - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Hoopla - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Mix, as paint - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Mix it up - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Show signs of waking - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Start to awaken - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Tend the sauce - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• The cooler - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Uproar - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Use a wooden spoon - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Wield a swizzle stick - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Stick around - STAY, used 171 times
• Walking stick - CANE, used 162 times
• Prefix with dynamic - AERO, used 152 times
• Share a border with - ABUT, used 152 times
• Done with - OVER, used 145 times
• With: Fr. - AVEC, used 132 times

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