Dark brew

The answer

STOUT

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ALE (11 uses in xd)
• STRONGTEA (2 uses in xd)
• WINTERALE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for STOUT

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

• Dark beer - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Portly - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Heavyset - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "I'm a little teapot, short and ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Pub order - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Courageous. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
• Dauntless - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Thickset - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Creator of Nero Wolfe. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Full-bodied ale - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Resolute - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Dark - UNLIT, used 186 times
• Not in the dark - AWARE, used 51 times
• "___ in the Dark" - ASHOT, used 47 times
• Dark wood - EBONY, used 35 times
• "Wait ___ Dark" - UNTIL, used 31 times
• Dark fur - SABLE, used 27 times

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